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Article 4348 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: onstott@a.cs.okstate.edu (ONSTOTT CHARLES OR)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: The Systems Reply I
Message-ID: <1992Mar8.060423.29586@a.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 92 06:04:23 GMT
References: <1992Mar6.185926.18497@oracorp.com>
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
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In article <1992Mar6.185926.18497@oracorp.com> daryl@oracorp.com (Daryl McCullough) writes:
>So what is a system? According to computationalism, a system is
>determined by a functional relationship among three things (1)
>information coming from the environment, (2) responses coming from the
>system, and (3) state information, or memory, containing information
>about the past. In other words, a system has inputs, outputs, memory,
>and dynamics connecting them.
   Well then, as a system comp.ai.philosophy is an awfully confused 
system.  One might even suggest that it shouldn't continue as it gets
nothing done.

BCnya,
  Charles O. Onstott, III


