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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
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Subject: Re: Question on Chinese Room Argument
Summary: Standing on the shoulders of giants.
Keywords: TFYQA
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Date: 21 Feb 89 13:50:51 GMT
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In article <16027@cisunx.UUCP> vangelde@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu
(Timothy J. van Gelder) questions the depth of Steven Harnad's
thought processes:

 > If, by contrast, Harnad really has thought deeply about the issue,
 > he surely belongs in the ranks of Turing, von Neumann, Wittgenstein etc.

Having read some of Steven's thoughts, I think it not unlikely that
his name would be mentioned in the same sentence as Alan's, Johnny's,
or Ludwig's.

--Barry Kort