24.09 Minds and Machines

Writing Assignment 1. Assigned 2/17. Due in recitation 2/24. Answer in one page, in your own words. Do not quote.

Summarize the "brain simulator" reply and Searle's response. (This is not in "Can Computers Think?"; it's in "Minds, Brains, and Programs" -- search for 'brain simulator'.) Is Searle's response correct? Justify your answer.

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