[ExI] Wernicke's aphasia and the CRA.

[John Clark]

On Dec 8, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Gordon Swobe wrote:

> He explains exactly why in his formal argument: 
> 
> Premise A1: Programs are formal (syntactic).
> Premise A2: Minds have mental contents (semantics). 
> Premise A3: Syntax is neither constitutive of nor sufficient for semantics. 
> Ergo, 
> Conclusion C1: Programs are neither constitutive of nor sufficient for minds.

So he assumes that programs can't have minds and then triumphantly concludes that programs can't have minds. I don't think creationists like Searle are very bright.

 John K Clark



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