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>From: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Virtual Person?
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Date: 22 Jan 92 06:17:34 GMT
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In article <1992Jan21.162606.131@lrc.edu> lehman_ds@lrc.edu writes:

>   To say that if the room understands Chinese then the man inside the room
>understands chinese, is a outright corruption of logic.  To say that if
>I undertsand english then my liver understands english is completely 
>ridiculous.  

However, your liver is not the sole identifiable rational agent involved in
the proceedings, with respect to the usual criteria of continuity of memory
and felt volition.  

On second thought, maybe it is.

Panpsychism, anyone?

>   Drew Lehman
>   Lehman_ds@mike.lrc.edu


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