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From: gls@odyssey.ATT.COM (g.l.sicherman)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Dualisms for A.I.
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Date: 10 Mar 89 17:31:18 GMT
References: <4369@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <2484@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
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In article <2484@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>, gilbert@cs.glasgow.ac.uk writes:
> 
> So, the five dualisms:
> 	1) Platonic - i.e. forms versus temporal objects
> 	2) Descartian - including the 10c AI version
> 	3) Ethical - fact and value statements are not reducible to a
>		     common form or means of verification
> 	4) Explanatory - human actions are not 'caused' like natural events,
>		     they involve reasons and motives
> 	5) Epistemological - das ding is nicht das ding an sich

Surely the dualism most relevant to A.I. is mind vs. body?  The
fundamental assumption of Frankensteinian A.I. is that a mind can
exist without a body!

See the second half of _Gestalt Therapy_ for a good catalogue of basic
dualisms and what harm they do.

-:-
	"Six bells by the dog watch."
	"I didn't know watches had bells," said Water Polo.
	"I didn't know dogs had watches," said Isfahani. "It must
	   be an old sea dog."
				--American Pie
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
gls@odyssey.att.COM