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Sum ergo cogito ? Symbolic situated-consciousness?Sheldon Klein (sklein@CS.WISC.EDU)Mon, 1 Jul 1996 19:22:14 -0500
>>> I can understand from this that, suitably analyzed, "free will" is >>> a relic of "folk psychology," but not "consciousness." Is there >>> some real reason for linking them? >>> >>> (Cogent points, BTW) SKlein replied >>Can you make the 'suitable analysis' explicit? >> >>I sometimes tell my classes that, >> >> "People don't think- they just think they think." >> >>A decade ago, this was good for smiles all around. >> >>Now, to my dismay, it's taken seriously. To which JS Cook III >If you were to qualify that statement by adding "Some" at the beginning, I >don't see why it shouldn't be taken seriously. Maybe the students of a decade >ago took it literally and the students of today are supplying the missing >qualifier. Alas, I am dismayed-- I thought I was answering your question. Cheers. Sheldon sklein@cs.wisc.edu
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