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>From: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech,comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Searle
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Date: 30 Nov 91 15:06:33 GMT
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In article <1991Nov30.051556.17848@sciences.sdsu.edu> 
klinger@saturn.sdsu.edu (Andrew Klinger) writes:

>In article <1991Nov29.211333.5997@husc3.harvard.edu> 
>zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:

>>In article <RJC.91Nov29220207@brodie.cstr.ed.ac.uk> 
>>rjc@cstr.ed.ac.uk (Richard Caley) writes:

RC:
>>>And I seriously doubt you can give a sucessful account of abstract
>>>mental structures. People have been trying for a number of centuries.

MZ:
>>People have been trying to make homunculi for a number of centuries.
>>So what?

AK:
>So I have the same opinion of reasoning under the assumption that
>your extra-materialist abstract mental structures exist as I have of
>reasoning under the assumption that homunculi exist.  'Nuff said.

AI assumes that homunculi can be made.  Why should I care about your
opinions? got an argument?

MZ:
>>I make no claims about meat; I simply claim that I have understanding.

AK:
>Unless I missed where you demonstrated your metaphysical nature, you
>contradict yourself here.

I don't demonstrate; I analyze.  Ever hear of the difference between
personal identity and corporeal identity?

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