[Wittrs] Re: What Is Ontological Dualism?

  • From: "gabuddabout" <gabuddabout@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:57:50 -0000


--- In WittrsAMR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "iro3isdx" <wittrsamr@...> wrote:
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> --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joseph Polanik <jPolanik@> wrote:
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> > Searle's claim is that no computer could experience such phenomena
> > solely by virtue of running a program.
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> Right.  But he never does explain what solely by virtue of running a
> program is supposed to actually mean.

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Neither did strong AIers.  Hence we had to guess.  Enter thought experiment.  
As for what you write below, all that stuff is not solely in virtue of running 
a program.

But I could be wrong..

Cheers,
Budd






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