Searle's materialism is problematic
The biological naturalism & right causal powers claims commit Searle to a form of materialism. This is problematic as we can imagine cases in which the brain has the biological causal powers to understand Chinese, but fails to do so.
David Cole, 1984.
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Chinese Room Argument [4] »The Chinese Room Argument [4]
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Understanding arises from right causal powers »Understanding arises from right causal powers
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Biological Naturalism »Biological Naturalism
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Searle's materialism is problematic
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The Superneuron thought experiment »The Superneuron thought experiment
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David Cole »David Cole
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