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>From: zirdum@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Antun Zirdum)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Causes and Goals
Message-ID: <1992Mar21.030527.15609@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 21 Mar 92 03:05:27 GMT
References: <1992Mar17.110436.9937@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Mar18.044516.28882@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Mar18.230046.22121@a.cs.okstate.edu>
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In article <1992Mar18.230046.22121@a.cs.okstate.edu> onstott@a.cs.okstate.edu (ONSTOTT CHARLES OR) writes:
>In article <1992Mar18.044516.28882@nuscc.nus.sg> smoliar@iss.nus.sg (stephen smoliar) writes:
>>In article <1992Mar17.110436.9937@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu
>notion of agency, is whether or not a cloud is capable of questioning or
>attributing agency to the indians, or anyone in general, themselves.  IF you
>would please give me an argument along these lines, I would appreciate it.
>It seems that the necesary precondition for agency is its identification of
>a patient.  Further, the necessary precondition for noetic agency is the
>ability to question the ability for a thing to be an agent or a patient.
>
Hey, Hey - We finally see eye to eye on one thing, a virus
cannot be an agent, while a computer - which is capable
of identification of its patient. 8-]
IS by your definition an agent!
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