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- From: daryl@oracorp.com (Daryl McCullough)
- Subject: Re: Dualism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.231947.20683@oracorp.com>
- Organization: ORA Corporation
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:19:47 GMT
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- In article <7891@skye.ed.ac.uk>, jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
- writes:
-
- >>Agreed. But the judging intelligence (and other mental properties)
- >>based on behavioral evidence is about as justified as any fallible
- >>test can be.
-
- >I disagree. Moreover, I have yet to see anything even approaching
- >a reasonable justification for it.
-
- I don't think that there can be a justification that would convince
- you, but for me it is pragmatic; I don't see any purpose whatsoever in
- distinguishing between "conscious, intelligent beings" and "beings
- that always behave as if conscious and intelligent". Furthermore, I
- have not seen any argument whatsoever that would make believe that
- there is a difference.
-
- Daryl McCullough
- ORA Corp.
- Ithaca, NY
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