-----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox
The belief in the possibility of a "thinking computer" is a dualist -- i.e., an idealist -- conception for it assumes that "thinking" is independent of the biological organism in which it occurs. I found Hogstadter's _GEB_ a marvellous book, and I still occasionally browse in it. But strong AI is _not_ a materialist notion. Carrol -------------------- When was the last time you took or taught a class in philosophy of mind or computer science? Ditto for metaphysics.
