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From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: THE MIND EXTENDS BEYOND THE SKIN
Keywords: Mind, Brain, Robots, Searle
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Date: 14 Mar 89 05:26:32 GMT
References: <305@edai.ed.ac.uk> <7337@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
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In article <7337@boulder.Colorado.EDU> hassell@monarch.Colorado.EDU (Christopher Hassell) writes:
>In article <305@edai.ed.ac.uk> cam@edai.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
># Gregory Bateson:
># We can assert that _any_ ongoing ensemble of events and objects which
># has the appropriate complexity of causal circuits and the appropriate
># energy relations will surely show mental characteristics.  

      Yes, he can definitely assert that.  One can assert anything.

      The argument that follows is basically over definitions, not
content.  Such arguments are inherently futile.

      Could we talk about something else now?

					John Nagle