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>From: forbis@milton.u.washington.edu (Gary Forbis)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Animal Intelligence vs Human Intelligence
Message-ID: <1991Nov15.231205.7555@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 91 23:12:05 GMT
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In article <37995@shamash.cdc.com> map@svl.cdc.com writes:
>The point is, nobody has to teach me
>how to see, or how to hear, or how to taste,  I just do it.  I don't need a 
>"method" to do these correctly, but I definitely need a method to think
>correctly (e.g., logic), and I have to *choose* to learn and follow that
>method.

I doubt you mean "choose" unless you are using the word strangely.  Do you
believe a switch chooses to conduct electricity when closed?  Can a computer
"choose" which program to run?  There is no choice to make when one starts
with the brain rather than the mind.  It is a matter of which to believe,
your reduction of mind to brain or your mind.  One will tell you one thing
and the other another.  I don't think one has to make an either/or choice
(as if that is possible) but can view from either direction depending upon
context.

--gary forbis@u.washingtion.edu


