The Chinese Room Argument.
The reason for revisiting:
Winner Of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French
Bill Chappell
Not saying this validates Searle's argument necessarily, and important to look at his later thoughts, but I did find this interesting...
The reason for revisiting:
Winner Of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French
Bill Chappell
Quote:"He doesn't speak French at all, he just learnt the words," his friend (and former president of the New Zealand Scrabble Association) Liz Fagerlund tells the New Zealand Herald. "He won't know what they mean, wouldn't be able to carry out a conversation in French I wouldn't think."
It was only in late May that Richards began his quest to win the French world title, according to the French Scrabble Federation. That's when he set about memorizing the French Scrabble dictionary.
Not saying this validates Searle's argument necessarily, and important to look at his later thoughts, but I did find this interesting...
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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- Bertrand Russell