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Subject: Re: THE I OF THE BEHOLDER
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From: spratt@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Lindsey Spratt)
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 15:14:46 GMT
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Is the "situated automata" mentioned by Smoliar related to Barwise's
idea of situated inference as presented in "Unburdening the Language
of Thought" (in "The Situation in Logic" by Jon Barwise, CSLI, 1988)?

Was Minsky's lambast about "growing" beyond the "childish, primitive,
religious" concerns for truth meant to include non-classical logical
and philosophical approaches such as situation theory and semantics?

A response from either Smoliar or Minsky would be particularly appreciated.