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The Subsystem understands

The man who has internalised the room may not understand Chinese, but he contains an information processing subsystem does understand Chinese.

Robert Wilensky, 1980.

Note: Similar arguments are played out in the "Can translations occure between the internalized Chinese Room and the internalizing English speaker?" arguments on this map.
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The Subsystem understands
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A dilemma about cognition and intentionality
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Man understands Chinese but can't translate to English
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Phenomenology not required
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The "part-of" principle is fallacious
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The levels of conscious involvement dilemma
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Understanding is a result of speed and complexity
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We lack intuitions about the internalizing man
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