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Article 5878 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Grounding: Real vs. Virtual (formerly "on meaning")
Keywords: symbol, analog, Turing Test, robotics
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Date: 24 May 92 12:31:04 GMT
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christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) writes:

>In article <zlsiida.334@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
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>>I'm prepared not only to argue that we never see the world, but further, 
>>that we never see retinal images either.  

>then you are at great pains to account for the astounding correspondence between
>what we see and what's out there. Just a lucky break?

There has to be a correspondence, or the system would not have survived.
Not just a lucky break, but evolution in operation. 


Cheers,
-- 
Harry Erwin
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