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Article 7297 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Grounding
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References: <1asq47INNr9o@smaug.West.Sun.COM> <1992Oct5.195433.9320@spss.com> <718611244@sheol.UUCP> <1992Oct12.203359.8713@spss.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 20:47:44 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.203359.8713@spss.com> markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder) writes:
>
>Grounding isn't something like a credit rating or a membership in the ACLU, 
>which you have to actively maintain.  Once you've got it you keep it.  
>
I beg to disagree. Grounding arises from experiences with an object (or a 
notion) in various contexts. These experiences are recorded in memory. If 
memory fades (by lack of exposure to the object or notion and its context), 
so will grounding fade too. To think otherwise would mean claiming that there 
are things which we remember forever without any loss.
>
Andrzej Pindor


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