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>From: clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke)
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Subject: Re: Transducers: The Retina is Part of the Brain
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Date: 8 Jun 92 14:07:44 GMT
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In article <1992Jun6.163918.24479@news.media.mit.edu> minsky@media.mit.edu  
(Marvin Minsky) writes:
> In article <1992Jun6.153132.25456@Princeton.EDU> harnad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU  
(Stevan Harnad) writes:

> 2. that you process inputs from the world and output them into your
> mind?  In that case you're a homuncular dualist.  Not profound.

Nothing wrong with being a dualist (providing the position can
be supported :-)  Resurrecting dualism after most of the western
world has rejected it would indeed be very profound.
--
Thomas Clarke
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