On 19 Nov 2010, at 13:36, 1Z wrote:
We don't invoke thought and reason to explain the abilities and
behavior of chess playing computers
Sometimes we do...see Dennett;s "intentional stance"
key point, I agree. I would say we always do that. No one will explain
why a chess playing computers makes a move in term of the material and
physical laws making up the computer activity.
With a so strong form of reductionism, power sets would not exist.
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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