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From: nolanj@ccvax.ucd.ie (James Nolan)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Chinese Room by Shannon and McCarthy from 1956
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Date: 8 Feb 90 14:42:31 GMT
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In article <5319@star.cs.vu.nl>, xerox@cs.vu.nl (J. A. Durieux) writes:

> I think the class of people that doesn't think there is a
> fundamental difference between "thinking" and "understanding" is
> not going to feel that resonance.
> 
> 						Biep.
What exactly is the difference between thinking and understanding? I know
we might be getting into a pedantic discussion about the meaning of words
which will be exacerbated by the fact that we don't share a common first
language ( correct me if I'm wrong ). Basically, my problem is that I
don't see this fundamental difference you talk about.