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>From: curtis@optima.UUCP (Curtis E. Dyreson)
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Subject: Re: Daniel Dennett (was Re: Commenting on the pos
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Date: 20 Nov 91 16:03:21 GMT
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In article <9653@optima.cs.arizona.edu>, 
  gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman) writes:
DG:
 So I would like to see an honest response to Zeleny's challenge
 --either show us this world-shaking theory that explains how
 intelligence can arise from physical processes, or just admit that
 such a theory does not exist and may not be possible.

>From article <1991Nov20.083647.5664@husc3.harvard.edu>, 
  by zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny):
MZ:
 Seconded.

Pardon a naive intrusion, but I am curious about which working assumptions
we should make (if any).  Let's put on our Dualist hats and assume that 
intelligence does not arise from physical processes.  Is it then possible 
to have a research programme for the scientific study of the mind?  If so,
what is that programme?  Or is the entire thrust flawed, e.g. it is silly 
to even try to scientifically study the mind?  Perhaps a scientific study
is not what you have in mind (so to speak), what kind of study (if any)
do you then propose?  Simple answers please, the ghost in my machine 
doesn't work too well.

Curtis Dyreson


