Madeleine has bodily and imaginative skills OpposingArgument #485

The claim that Madeleine acquired common sense solely from books ignores the fact that Madeleine has a body with an inside and outside, can be moved around in the world, and can communicate with others and imagine how they encounter the world.
Hubert Dreyfus (1992).
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IssueCan computers think? [1]
PositionYes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
SupportiveArgumentThe Disembodied Mind Assumption
OpposingArgumentThe body is essential to human intelligence
OpposingArgumentMadeleine reasons without a body
OpposingArgumentMadeleine has bodily and imaginative skills
OpposingArgumentIf Madeleine can learn common sense, a computer can too
AdvocacyHubert Dreyfus
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Entered by:- David Price
Entry date (GMT): 7/6/2006 5:53:00 PM
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