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  1. Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!decwrl!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!giaeb!tim
  3. From: tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Tim Roberts)
  4. Subject: Re: Searle on animal consciousness
  5. Message-ID: <tim.728091182@giaeb>
  6. Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
  7. Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
  8. References: <dpn2.232.727891709@po.CWRU.Edu> <24JAN199317172344@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> <1993Jan25.005814.12035@psych.toronto.edu> <1993Jan25.174239.29694@psych.toronto.edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:33:02 GMT
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  12. michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes:
  13.  
  14. >In addition, unless one is a panpsychist, it is necessary to speculate
  15. >that there is *some* discontinuity in (early) evolution, since I would
  16. >think that most folks would agree a bacterium is not conscious.
  17.  
  18. Why ?
  19.  
  20. ("Most folks agree" is not generally considered a valid scientific test).
  21.  
  22. Tim
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  27. Tim S Roberts
  28. School of Applied Science                 tel:     051-226467
  29. Monash University (Gippsland)             fax:     051-221348
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  31. Churchill                                 email:   tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
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  33. Australia
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