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>From: michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar)
Subject: Re: on what meaning means
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
References: <1992May17.141053.7695@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992May17.212856.2199@Princeton.EDU> <1992May18.120950.22705@news.acns.nwu.edu>
Message-ID: <1992May18.190323.14676@psych.toronto.edu>
Keywords: symbols, grounding, analog
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 19:03:23 GMT

In article <1992May18.120950.22705@news.acns.nwu.edu> learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk) writes:
>
>I don't think discussions involving Helen Keller are inappropriate in
>context. We are not attempting to equate Helen with a machine. We are
>however, attempting to describe machines which behave in ways very human.

*I* thought what we were doing is trying to determine if such machines
are possible.  If this is the case, then saying that the situation that
Helen Keller was in is the same as that of a program, then you have simply
begged the question. 


- michael


