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From: rhh@research.att.com (Ron Hardin <9289-11216> 0112110)
Subject: Re: Does AI make philosophy obsolete?
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John McCarthy writes:
>What about the belief that one necessarily knows whether one is in
>pain?  See Daniel Dennett's "Can a computer feel pain" in his
>_Brainstorms_ for information about the physiology of pain that
>refutes this philosophical doctrine.

``I guess that tickling is painful after sll, plase stop.''

As far as I am aware, the philosophical doctrine is that ``I know when I
am in pain'' is metaphysical, ie. similar to a magician asking
``will some gentleman kindly verify that this is a perfectly ordinary hat.''
