Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!harnad From: harnad@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Stevan Harnad) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Question on Chinese Room Argument Summary: Passing the teletype turing test with symbols alone is AI's premise Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 89 04:42:48 GMT References: <1540@houdi.ATT.COM> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 15 marty1@houdi.ATT.COM (M.B.BRILLIANT) of AT&T BL Holmdel NJ USA adks: " Did Searle really suppose that he could speak passable Chinese if only " he had a rulebook? Searle inherited this premise from "Strong AI." His Argument only concerned what FOLLOWS from it. I'm sure Searle would be perfectly willing to doubt the premise (so would I), but that's beside the point. -- Stevan Harnad INTERNET: harnad@confidence.princeton.edu harnad@princeton.edu srh@flash.bellcore.com harnad@elbereth.rutgers.edu harnad@princeton.uucp BITNET: harnad@pucc.bitnet CSNET: harnad%princeton.edu@relay.cs.net (609)-921-7771