On 8/8/08, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> The person believes his decision are now guided by free will, but > truly they are still guided by the book: if the book gives him the wrong > meaning of a word, he will make a mistake when answering a Chinese speaker > > The translations are guided by the book but his answers certainly are not. > He can make a mistranslation but that is a mechanical/non-understanding act > performed on the original act of deciding upon his answer. >
The person can make mistakes in the first chinese room as well, so that doesn't change my point. > >> The main difference in this second context is that the contents of the > book were transferred to the brain of the person > > No. The main difference is that the person can choose what to answer (as > opposed to the Chinese Room where responses are dictated by the input and no > choice is involved). > I was assuming that the person has no reason to give the wrong answer spontaneously, just as in the first room, sorry if I didn't make that clear. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
