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Article #8844Re: Chinese Room by Shannon and McCarthy from 1956
From: James Nolan
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 14:42
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 14:42
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In article <5319@star.cs.vu.nl>, xerox@cs.vu.nl (J. A. Durieux) writes: > I think the class of people that doesn't think there is a > fundamental difference between "thinking" and "understanding" is > not going to feel that resonance. > > Biep. What exactly is the difference between thinking and understanding? I know we might be getting into a pedantic discussion about the meaning of words which will be exacerbated by the fact that we don't share a common first language ( correct me if I'm wrong ). Basically, my problem is that I don't see this fundamental difference you talk about.
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