I think this article is interesting--but not thanks to Searle.
Essentially what we're seeing here is the Parable Effect--you can endlessly retell a story from new points of view. I'm NOT suggesting this is a horrible thing as anything that makes you think is, in my opinion, a good step. This is my interpretation of what the Stuart is doing when mining "Searle's Intuitions".
The weakness of parables, though, is they are entirely impressionistic. This is why I give more credit to Stuart in his exploration than I do "The Chinese Room". The C... (read more)
I think this article is interesting--but not thanks to Searle.
Essentially what we're seeing here is the Parable Effect--you can endlessly retell a story from new points of view. I'm NOT suggesting this is a horrible thing as anything that makes you think is, in my opinion, a good step. This is my interpretation of what the Stuart is doing when mining "Searle's Intuitions".
The weakness of parables, though, is they are entirely impressionistic. This is why I give more credit to Stuart in his exploration than I do "The Chinese Room". The C... (read more)