ejs@orawest.ARPA (05/04/89)
In article <526@dlt1.uucp> vendelma@dlt1.uucp (Ronald Vendelmans) writes: >Recently there was a discussion on the net about Searle's Chinese Room. >... I'm not sure whether the discussion started as a reaction >on some article in a magazine, for example. >... can anyone give me references to >written material about the Chinese Room problem (other than Searle's >article itself)? Any information is welcome. >Many thanks in advance! >Ronald >------------------------------------------------------ >Ronald Vendelmans vendelma@dlt1.uucp >BSO/Research >PO BOX 8348 >NL 3503 RH Utrecht phone ..31/0 30 911911 >The Netherlands >------------------------------------------------------ Besides any article that Searle wrote about the "problem" (thought experiment is more like it, or perhaps straw man) Searle wrote a short book that presents much of the motivation for his position. It was published in the U.S. about 5 years ago, and is called, I think _Minds, Brains, and Science_. I am not sure about the last word, and there may be a subtitle; but that should be enough to help you find it. It's about 120 pages, in trade paperback, as I recall. If you are really interested, then I think you ought to read the book, to get a clearer idea of what the starting position was. I say starting position, because much of the discussion rather diverged from the original statement of the issues. Happy hair-splitting! John Sebes
rapaport@sunybcs.uucp (William J. Rapaport) (05/06/89)
In article <520@orawest.UUCP> orawest!ejs@unix.sri.com (e john sebes) writes: >Searle wrote a short book that presents much of the motivation >for his position. It was published in the U.S. about 5 years ago, >and is called, I think _Minds, Brains, and Science_. My critical review of Searle's book appeared as: Rapaport, William J. (1988), ``To Think or Not to Think'' _Nous_ 22: 585-609. ========================================================================= William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science Co-Director, Graduate Group in Cognitive Science Interim Director, Graduate Research Initiative in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Dept. of Computer Science||internet: rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu SUNY Buffalo ||bitnet: rapaport@sunybcs.bitnet Buffalo, NY 14260 ||uucp: {decvax,watmath,rutgers}!sunybcs!rapaport (716) 636-3193, 3180 ||fax: (716) 636-3464