Re: No More Searle Please

From: Woody Long (ironanchorpress@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jan 19 2006 - 14:40:38 MST


 Good fucking god.
>
> Searle's an asshat who apparently believes that because our neurons
> don't understand Chinese, we're not concious. Can we *please* stop
> talking about him?
>
> -Robin

Nowhere in the Searle Argument did he assert "People are not conscious."

Nowhere in the Searle Argument did he assert that "Neurons don't understand
Chinese."

Nowhere in the Searle Argument did he argue -

1. Neurons don't understand Chinese.
2. If neurons don't understand Chinese, then people are not conscious.
ergo
3. People are not conscious.

Therefore,
Your belief is not correct.

Woody Long's Droid



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