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From: smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar)
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Subject: Re: Why the Chinese Room doesn't convince
Summary: tracking down a Wittgenstein quote
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Date: 21 Mar 90 15:30:56 GMT
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In article <352@ntpdvp1.UUCP> sandyz@ntpdvp1.UUCP (Sandy Zinn) writes:
>  As the Witt said, "It's a question of who's the Master,
>the Man or the Words" (not an exact quote perhaps but I distinctly recall 
>the (chauvinistic) noun choices).
>
Sandy, I would appreciate it if you (or another reader) could pin this down.
In Section 7.9 of THE SOCIETY OF MIND, Marvin Minsky wrote, "Words should be
our servants, not our masters" (no chauvinism there).  I'm sure Minsky is
familiar with Wittgenstein, but I'd like to establish the association for
my own interest.

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