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>From: brian@norton.com (Brian Yoder)
Subject: Re: Aristotelian Ontology and AI
Message-ID: <1992Feb25.112712.24680@norton.com>
Organization: Symantec / Peter Norton
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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 11:27:12 GMT
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petersow@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Wayne Peterson) writes:
 
> Where is the brain in all this.  I have a brother who IS a
> neural surgeon.  He has disected the brain and has yet to
> find the mind.  He is starting to believe that it doesnt exist.
> What is more he has no inkling where consciousness is (perhaps it
> is because all his patients are unconscious).  He would not
> presume to assert that intelligence is found in the brain
> nor would he say that it is not.  

That is a lot like someone saying "I have spent my life taking apart cars.  I
have found brakes, engines, wipers, valves, and plastic seat covers, but I have
never once found transportation.  Maybe it doesn't exist."

You are (intentionally it seems) confusing actions with entities.  Consciousness
is something that brains do, not something that is in them.

Reifying consciousness is something I have a hard time believing you can try
to put over honestly.  Are you really serious about this or is it just a game 
to you?

--Brian
 
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