iro3isdx wrote: >Joseph Polanik wrote: >>Searle's claim is that no computer could experience such phenomena >>solely by virtue of running a program. >Right. But he never does explain what solely by virtue of running a >program is supposed to actually mean. perhaps; but, if so, that leaves the field open for you to define what you mean by 'solely by virtue of running a program'. then using your definition (and without focusing on the CPU), would you explain how running a program could enable a computer to experience an afterimage? Joe -- Nothing Unreal is Self-Aware @^@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@^@ http://what-am-i.net @^@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@^@ ========================================== Need Something? Check here: http://ludwig.squarespace.com/wittrslinks/