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Article 2734 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: fb0m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Franklin Boyle)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: "causal powers"
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Date: 15 Jan 92 15:38:11 GMT
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David Chalmers writes:

>No, Searle's position is independent of noncomputability.  The causation
>relationship in question holds between a physical state and a concurrent
>mental state ("brains cause minds").  This is a weird, somewhat
>nonstandard use of the term "cause", but then Searle thinks that
>H20 molecules "cause" liquidity too.

Good point. I could never understand why Searle uses the term this way.

-Frank


