Path: utzoo!dciem!dretor!nrcaer!cognos!dgbt!andrew From: andrew@dgbt.uucp (Andrew Patrick) Newsgroups: can.ai Subject: Re: What is this newsgroup for anyway? Summary: What is the "AI conception of mind" Keywords: AI, Canada, mind Message-ID: <1043@dgbt.uucp> Date: 29 Mar 89 15:52:02 GMT References: <1365@yunexus.UUCP> <1472@ubc-cs.UUCP> <1398@yunexus.UUCP> Reply-To: andrew@dgbt.crc.dnd.ca (Andrew Patrick) Followup-To: can.ai Distribution: can Organization: The Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, CANADA Lines: 17 In article <1398@yunexus.UUCP> gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) writes: >I'll let that comment about the Humanities slide, and ask if >philosophical discussion of the so-called "AI conception of mind" >would be fair game in this group. OK, I'll bite. What is the "AI conception of mind", and how does it differ from other conceptions of mind? Also, what's being done in Canada on the topic? --- Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Communications Research Centre (613) 990-4675 Dept. of Communications, Canada ...utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-rsc!dgbt!andrew UUCP or INTERNET: andrew@dgbt.crc.dnd.ca BITNET: andrew@doccrc