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>From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: on what meaning means
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
References: <1992May17.071803.28448@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992May17.141053.7695@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992May17.212856.2199@Princeton.EDU>
Message-ID: <1992May17.230428.18664@psych.toronto.edu>
Keywords: symbols, grounding, analog
Date: Sun, 17 May 1992 23:04:28 GMT

In article <1992May17.212856.2199@Princeton.EDU> harnad@shine.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) writes:
>In article <1992May17.141053.7695@news.acns.nwu.edu> learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk) writes:
>>In article <1992May17.071803.28448@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Antun Zirdum writes:
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>>>In article <1992May15.152549.13330@psych.toronto.edu> Michael Gemar writes:
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>>>              How did Helen Kehler get bootstrapped?

She knew "water" and few other words BEFORE she became deaf and blind;
enough to get started. Imagine a person born with NO sensation. Such a
person would never "train up" (except, perhaps logic and math :-) )


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Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
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