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>From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly)
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Subject: Re: Searle, again
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>From:    fb0m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Franklin Boyle)
>> 
>> Rolf Lindgren writes:
>> 
>> >>	3 The flaw of Searle's argument is 
>> >>		- The Rule Book is removed from the vital contexts of
>> >>		  social and cognitive development. The ``understanding''
>> >>		  is in the book.
>> 
>> No, the "understanding" is in the heads of the people that wrote
>> the book, and they're not in the book or the room.  Otherwise
>> you would seem to be contradicting yourself by arguing Searle's point
>> based on the relationship between language and social interaction.  
>> Thus, I assume you probably meant that understanding is reflected in 
>> the book's having been created.
>>
>> [...]
>> 
>> Frank Boyle


No, the understanding is in both the Book of Instruction and the
Heads of the People who Wrote the Book of Instruction.

[ Also, prehaps in the Heads Of The People who told the People who Wrote
the Book of Instruction to write it. ]

Hmm, looks like rescursion here...


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  he said what? - he said "hello" -- that's a bit aggressive isn't it?


