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>From: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
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Subject: Re: Virtual Person?
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Date: 23 Jan 92 05:52:59 GMT
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In article <1992Jan22.235812.11080@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> 
chalmers@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (David Chalmers) writes:

>In article <1992Jan22.224344.7404@aisb.ed.ac.uk> 
>jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:

JD:
>>Besides, there are lots of problems with the virtual person idea.
>>For instance: Would it be murder for Searle to forget the program?
>>Maybe these aren't problems that refute strong AI, but you do have
>>to be careful when you start talking about "persons".  Certainly
>>the claim that a new person would be created seems a bit strong.
>>I'd be happier if the sys reply could get by with someting weaker.

DC:
>Talking about the existence of conscious mental states is enough.
>"Person" is just shorthand.

An assumption of consciousness without personal identity may be held
incoherent for any number of reasons, not all of them Cartesian.

>-- 
>Dave Chalmers                            (dave@cogsci.indiana.edu)      
>Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University.
>"It is not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable."


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