Is the title of this book meant to in any way refer to the fact that the writer is completly ripping off John Searles 1980 paper, "Do Minds Compute?". Having RTA, which consisted of chapter headings, I find that I still remain sceptical of Searles thesis, which is that we can apriori rule out the possibility of machines that think simply on the basis of this distinction between semantics and syntax, because, according to Searle, rule driven behavior will never achieve intentionality. As for this new? (Ellermans book was published in 1995) scientific proof that could change my position, I couldnt find it in Ellerman's chapter headings.
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Is the title of this book meant to in any way refer to the fact that the writer is completly ripping off John Searles 1980 paper, "Do Minds Compute?". Having RTA, which consisted of chapter headings, I find that I still remain sceptical of Searles thesis, which is that we can apriori rule out the possibility of machines that think simply on the basis of this distinction between semantics and syntax, because, according to Searle, rule driven behavior will never achieve intentionality. As for this new? (Ellermans book was published in 1995) scientific proof that could change my position, I couldnt find it in Ellerman's chapter headings.