Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!cae780!hplabs!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!sdcsvax!ucbvax!SAIL.STANFORD.EDU!JMC From: JMC@SAIL.STANFORD.EDU (John McCarthy) Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest Subject: Symbol Grounding Problem and Disputes Message-ID: <8706210351.AA18738@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 18:59:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8706210351.AA18738 Posted: Tue Jun 16 18:59:00 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Jun-87 06:24:19 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 7 Approved: ailist@stripe.sri.com [In reply to message sent Mon 15 Jun 1987 23:23-PDT.] This dispute strikes me as unnecessarily longwinded. I imagine that the alleged point at issue and a few of the positions taken could be summarized for the benefit of those of us whose subjective probability that there is a real point at issue is too low to motivate studying the entire discussion but high enough to motivate reading a summary.