Where I wrote: "though I think Dennett's effort is finally doomed by his attachment to the idea of first-personness" I should, of course, have written "Searle's effort". (I was too lazy to double check my words before hitting "send" so I guess that's what I get! SWM --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SWM" <SWMirsky@...> wrote: ><snip> > > Searle takes a more traditionally philosophic view with his formal argument > from the Chinese Room (even if it is deeply mistaken on my view) but his > approach, which does try to step out of the existing linguistic categories > and modes of classification, also seems to partake of Wittgenstein though I > think Dennett's effort is finally doomed by his attachment to the idea of > first-personness. > > <snip> ========================================= Need Something? Check here: http://ludwig.squarespace.com/wittrslinks/