Intentionality and computationalism: minds, machines, Searle and Harnad
Author:
Michael G. Dyer a
| Affiliation: | a Computer Science Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
DOI:
10.1080/09528139008953728
Publication Frequency:
4 issues per year
Published in:
Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence,
Volume
2,
Issue
4
October
1990
, pages 303
- 319
Subjects:
Cognitive Artificial Intelligence.;
Cognitive Psychology;
Cognitive Science;
Evolutionary Computing;
Human Computer Intelligence;
Machine Learning - Design;
Neural Networks;
Robotics;
Systems & Controls;
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Abstract
Searle (1980, 1989) has produced a number of arguments purporting to show that computer programs, no matter how intelligently they may act, lack ' intentionality' Recently, Harnad (1989) has accepted Searle' s arguments as having ' shaken the foundations of Artificial Intelligence' (p. 5). To deal with Searle' s arguments, Harnad has introduced the need for ' noncomputational devices' (e.g. transducers) to realize ' symbol grounding' This paper critically examines both Searle' s and Hamad' s arguments and concludes that the foundations of AT remain unchanged by these arguments, that the Turing Test remains adequate as a test of intentionality, and that the philosophical position of computationalism remains perfectly reasonable as a working hypothesis for the task of describing and embodying intentionality in brains and machines.
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| Keywords: intentionality; computationalism; turing test; Chinese room; symbol grounding |
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