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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Subject: Re: Reductionist Materialism (was Re: I lie therefore I am?)
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In article <1994Nov11.210534.24348@seas.smu.edu> kjh@seas.smu.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) writes:

>You (and almost everybody else in AI, NLP, MT, and machine learning) are
>making a fundamental category mistake.  You are confusing form and
>matter.  You are confusing syntax and semantics.  Actually, you are
>denying form, and claiming matter is all that exists---denying
>semantics, and claiming that syntax is all that exists.

I can't off-hand think of a single collection of papers by AI
researchers, cognitive scientists, and philosophers, which would allow
one to draw this conclusion. All those I can think of spend time
discussing this point in detail. Indeed, there are whole books just
devoted to this topic. Just where did you get this idea of yours about
nearly everyone in AI etc. from?
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
"The mind reigns, but does not govern" -- Paul Valery
