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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
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Subject: Re: Grounding: Virtual vs. Real
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Date: 3 Jun 92 06:58:22 GMT
References: <1992May26.022413.14151@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1992May26.031148.27458@news.media.mit.edu> <21986@castle.ed.ac.uk>
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In article <21986@castle.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
 >For convenience let us call such an agent a "situated agent"; so, mental
 >terminology (and symbol grounding) only applies to situated agents.
 >
 >Consequently (by our usual intuitions) the Chinese Room fails, as does a
 >bottled brain, and -- as Searle asserts -- any (running) computer
 >computer program you like.

Why is the Chinese Room not situated in its world by the exchange of Chinese
symbols with that world? Can you explain that?

Other than that, I (personally) think you've got much of it right.

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