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| Chinese Room: thought experiment by J.R. Searle - in a locked room sits a man who does not understand Chinese and translates notes that are slipped through under the door into Chinese with the help of a book with instructions. The discussion is about whether one can describe the system as a whole as an understanding system._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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W. Poundstone on Chinese Room - Dictionary of Arguments
I 353f Chinese Room/PoundstoneVsSearle: some: a book "What to do if a Chinese note...". Cannot exist, it would have to include all libraries. ((s) Because it would not be a dictionary, but a book of responses.) Searle: semantic understanding is essential for consciousness. >Chinese Room/Searle, >Semantics/Searle, >J. R. Searle, >Consciousness/Searle, >Consciousness. PoundstoneVsSearle: even without knowing what numbers are (missed first day in school) you can do maths. We all do not know what numbers are. >Number Definition, >Numbers/Frege. I 357 "System Response": the one person does not speak Chinese, but the system as a whole does. I 365 The levels book/user need to be separated. >Levels/order, >Description Levels, >Translation._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Poundstone I William Poundstone Labyrinths of Reason, NY, 1988 German Edition: Im Labyrinth des Denkens Hamburg 1995 |
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