Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!greenba From: greenba@gambia.crd.ge.com (ben a green) Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy Subject: Re: Flocking behaviour, collective systems, reasoning Message-ID: Date: 7 Nov 90 19:23:13 GMT References: <1990Nov2.124853.22806@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1990Nov5.210103.8022@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1990Nov7.140905.1855@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development Lines: 11 In-reply-to: mccool@dgp.toronto.edu's message of 7 Nov 90 19:09:05 GMT Michael McCool say "I guess behaviouralism was based on 'if a behaviour can be explained without a mental model, then mental models don't exist.' This is not what I meant to say." I think it was (and still is): If a behaviour can be explained without a mental model, then why bother with a mental model? -- Ben A. Green, Jr. Q: What shall we do about ignorance and apathy? A: I don't know and I don't care.