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THE BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES (1980) 3,417-457 Printed in the United States of America; Minds, brains, and programs John R. Searle Department of Philosophy, University of California. Berkeley. Calif. 94720 Abstract: This article can be viewed as an attempt to explore the consequences of two propositions. (1) Intentionality in human beings (and
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Discusses the consequences of 2 propositions: (a) Intentionality in human beings (and animals) is a product of causal features of the brain. (b) Instantiating a computer program is never by itself a sufficient condition of intentionality. The main argument of this paper is directed at establishing this claim. Attempts are made to show how a human agent could instantiate the program and still ...
- John R. Searle
- 1980
Minds, brains, and programs. J. Searle. Published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1 September 1980. Philosophy, Computer Science. TLDR. Only a machine could think, and only very special kinds of machines, namely brains and machines with internal causal powers equivalent to those of brains, are suggested to be sufficient for thinking. Expand.
Searle, John. R. (1980) Minds, brains, and programs. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3 (3): 417-457 This is the unedited penultimate draft of a BBS target article that has been accepted for publication
Feb 4, 2010 · Abstract. This article can be viewed as an attempt to explore the consequences of two propositions. (1) Intentionality in human beings (and animals) is a product of causal features of the brain. I assume this is an empirical fact about the actual causal relations between mental processes and brains. It says simply that certain brain processes ...
- John R. Searle
- 1980
It was a hallmark of artificial intelligence studies. That work had been done three decades before Searle wrote "Minds, Brains, and Programs." Alan Turing (1912–54) wrote about his work in testing computer "intelligence." He concluded that a computer performed well on his test if it could communicate in such a way that it fooled a human into ...
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THE BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES (1980) 3, 417-457 Printed in the United States of America Minds, brains, and programs John R. Searle Department of Philosophy, University of California, Calif. Berkeley, 94720 Abstract: This article can be viewed as an attempt to explore the consequences of two propositions. (1) Intentionality in human beings (and
