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From: rapaport@sunybcs.uucp (William J. Rapaport)
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Subject: Re: Question on Chinese Room Argument
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In article <4298@pt.cs.cmu.edu> kck@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Karl Kluge) writes:
>
>Suppose that Searle underwent some traumatic experience that led to his
>suffering from multiple personality disorder ...

Just such a situation has been discussed in:

Cole, David (1984), "Thought and Thought Experiments," _Philosophical
Studies_ 45:  431-444.

and replied to by me in:

Rapaport, William J. (1986), "Searle's Experiments with Thought,"
_Philosophy of Science_ 53:  271-279.

See also my recent:

Rapaport, William J. (1988), "To Think or Not to Think"
_Nous_ 22:  585-609.

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