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>From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
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Subject: Re: Daniel Dennett
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Date: 21 Nov 91 22:29:58 GMT
References: <1991Nov16.014015.1074@yarra-glen.aaii.oz.au> <OZ.91Nov17172508@ursa.sis.yorku.ca> <1991Nov18.083024.5560@husc3.harvard.edu>
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In article <1991Nov18.083024.5560@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:

>I believe that the very notion of "Man a Machine" is anti-humanistic both
>in its intrinsic nature, and in its historical development (the guillotine,
>labor camps, terrorist state).

Interesting idea. Do you trace a connection between de la Mettrie
(author of L'Homme Machine) and the excesses of the French Revolution?
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Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
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