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In article <526@dlt1.uucp> vendelma@dlt1.uucp (Ronald Vendelmans) writes:
>Recently there was a discussion on the net about Searle's Chinese Room.
>... I'm not sure whether the discussion started as a reaction
>on some article in a magazine, for example. 
>... can anyone give me references to 
>written material about the Chinese Room problem (other than Searle's
>article itself)? Any information is welcome.
>Many thanks in advance!
>Ronald
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Besides any article that Searle wrote about the "problem"
(thought experiment is more like it, or perhaps straw man)
Searle wrote a short book that presents much of the motivation
for his position. It was published in the U.S. about 5 years ago,
and is called, I think _Minds, Brains, and Science_.
I am not sure about the last word, and there may be a subtitle;
but that should be enough to help you find it.
It's about 120 pages, in trade paperback, as I recall.

If you are really interested, then I think you ought to read the book,
to get a clearer idea of what the starting position was.
I say starting position, because much of the discussion rather
diverged from the original statement of the issues.

Happy hair-splitting!

John Sebes