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Article #520Re: Dualism
From: Chris Malcolm
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 03:14
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 03:14
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In article <1992Sep30.010007.21214@leland.Stanford.EDU> ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards) writes: >Second, it >seems advantageous to be conscious of pain (i.e. be able to think about it) >so that one can figure out why one is in pain. That way one can avoid similar >situations in the future, or one can choose to ignore the pain if the >situation requires. There are chess programs which manage to figure out why they are in check, can learen how to avoid it in future, put up with it if neceessary for some greater purpose, etc., all without needing to be conscious of being in check. -- Chris Malcolm cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh +44 (0)31 650 3085 Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK DoD #205
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!cam From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Dualism Message-ID: <26439@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 1 Oct 92 03:14:11 GMT References: <Bv9vGp.Ax3@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Sep29.130441.29896@sophia.smith.edu> <1992Sep30.010007.21214@leland.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Edinburgh University Lines: 16