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29 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 February 2013 08:29PM

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Comment author: Jack 01 February 2013 11:28:35PM 2 points [-]

When they claim that a mind can emerge from "a system" without saying what the system is or how such a thing might give rise to a mind, then they are under the grip of an ideology.

Is this actually what Searl says?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 02 February 2013 12:33:32AM 2 points [-]

That's from Wikipedia, but it does correspond pretty well to what Searle wrote...