The Systems Reply
We can consider the person in the room as part of a total system that includes the rule book, scratch paper, and data banks of Chinese symbols. The whole system, not only the person should be regarded as understanding Chinese.
Anticipated by John Searle 1908a, 1980b, 1990b.

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