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Article 5486 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Systems Reply I (repost perhaps)
Message-ID: <1992May8.185456.7019@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 8 May 92 18:54:56 GMT
References: <6640@skye.ed.ac.uk> <1992May5.195616.28038@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <6684@skye.ed.ac.uk>
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In article <6684@skye.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:
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>It seems to me that the anti-Searle side must be in pretty severe
>difficulty if instead of pointing out flaws in Searle's reasoning
>they have to try to get the other side to do all the work!

 The anti-Searle side has frequently pointed out serious flaws in Searle's
reasoning.  The problem is that the pro-Searle side dismisses this with
no more than a hand waving.  If someone tries to pin down the pro-Searle
side, and insist that they justify their handwaving, they resort to such
debating tricks as accusing the anti-Searle type of trying "to get the other
side to do all the work."


