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From: Bruce Gregory
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:00

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[From Bruce Gregory (990428.0928 EDT)]

Bill Powers (990427.1644 MDT)]


> But that is not at all assured. You have to suppose that the
> ant is not
> controlling other perceptions to which the presence or
> absence of obstacles
> is irrelevant, such as scents and light variations. You have
> to assume that
> its internal goal structure remains completely fixed, and
> that all goals
> represent static (rather than time-varying) states of
> affairs. Your example
> is indeed not a brilliant point; it rests on unspoken
> assumptions of which
> you seem unaware.

Well stated. My only wish is that an equally enlightened position had
emerged during the discussion of coercion.


Bruce Gregory

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