[Wittrs] Re: formal arguments/thought experiments/1st and 2nd order props
- From: "gabuddabout" <gabuddabout@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:33:20 -0000
Budd:
> > And I diagnose:
> >
> > Yes, once you talk of functional properties as first-order properties, you
> > entertain Searle's biological naturalism!
Stuart:
> So on your view computational processes running on computers are what Searle
> means by "biological naturalism"?
Budd:
No. It is what you mean without knowing it. You don't distinguish the two.
Both are on a par.
Stuart:
> Well we must have missed something because there isn't anything "biological"
> or "natural" (as in naturally occurring) in computers!
Budd:
So says Searle given his distinction between 1st and 2nd order properties.
Respond to my argument from the other day. Just what will you say?
Cheers,
Budd
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