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Article 3823 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Strong AI and panpsychism
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Date: 15 Feb 92 02:26:33 GMT
References: <1992Feb12.182033.4183@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Feb12.224832.305@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Feb13.020232.10408@psych.toronto.edu>
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In article <1992Feb13.020232.10408@psych.toronto.edu> michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes:
> *If* Putnam is right, then any arbitrary lump instantiates any FSA.  This, on
>my reading of it (which admittedly may be wrong, and I welcome clarification),
>indicates that any arbitrary lump of matter instantiates the *functional*
>relations of our brain.

If Putnam is right, then perhaps any arbitrary lump instantiates the
computer and terminal that I am writing this message on. But, somehow, I
think there is something important missing in rocks and other arbitrary
lumps of matter, that is responsible for the fact that writing this message
on a real computer will make it possible for you to read it, while writing
it on a rock will not. So perhaps Putnam, or alternatively everyone refering
to FSAs without further qualification, is overlooking something important.

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