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>From: silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber)
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Subject: "Alleged" computational properties of the brain
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In article <1991Nov15.160741.5495@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@walsh.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
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>My guideline is very simple: if you see someone offer a reductive argument
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>purporting to explain the properties of mind, such as consciousness,
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>cognition, and intentionality, in terms of the alleged computational
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>properties of the brain, you may conclude that he is a charlatan or an
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>ignoramus.  
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 hyperbole: an exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech.

 Obviously (-8} MIND is_a COMPUTATION !
 Now as M.Z. implies lots of organs "compute", but MIND is not just 
 ANY computation, "liver" computes bile, "brain" computes mind !!!!!!!
 !!!!


