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From: decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot)
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Subject: re: re: mental states of machines
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 15:15:04 EST
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What makes you think that Hofstadter's Aunt Hillary (an animate system if I ever
saw one) cannot have mental states, but that YOUR collection of chemicals
(the one in your skull) can?  Please define "animate" and "mental state"
in such a way that Aunt Hillary does not qualify but your brain does.  Do not
use such terms as "life", "soul", "mind", unless you define them.

Dave Decot
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