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From: jdk@ficc.uu.net (jeff klumpp)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Discovering What Nature Wants
Summary: Intentions defined?
Keywords: Consciousness and Intentionality.
Message-ID: <6596@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 19 Oct 89 17:49:22 GMT
References: <357@massey.ac.nz> <2376@munnari.oz.au> <2394@uceng.UC.EDU> <2461@munnari.oz.au>
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
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In article <2461@munnari.oz.au>, ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
> It's time I got some useful work done, and it has become evident that
> trying to play Socrates in this group isn't getting me anywhere.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


   Aha!  Have we possibly found the definitive meaning of "having an
intention"?


   Does it always imply failure?  *8^}

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