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>From: fb0m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Franklin Boyle)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Searle, again
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Date: 9 Dec 91 20:52:18 GMT
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Joseph O'Rourke writes:

> 	I fail to see Searle's claim that symbols have no causal
> power.  One does not have to use robots:  the same point could
> be made about a disk controller.  Deposit the appropriate "symbols"

He doesn't say they have no causal powers.  He merely says they
don't have causal powers equivalent to those of brains.

-Frank


