Views into the Chinese Room New Essays on

The most famous challenge to computational cognitive science and artificial intelligence is the philosopher John Searle's "Chinese Room" argument. Searle argued that, although machines can be devised to respond to input with the same output as would a mind, machines--unlike minds--lack understanding of the symbols they process. 19 essays by leading scientists and philosophers assess, renew, and respond to this crucial challenge.

John Preston is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. Mark Bishop is Lecturer in Cybernetics at the University of Reading.

Introduction
Twenty-One Years in the Chinese Room
Searle's Arguments Against Cognitive Science
Understanding, Orientations, and Objectivity
A Chinese Room that Understands
The Chinese Room from a Logical Point of View
Nixin' Goes to China
Real Robots and the Missing Thought-Experiment in the Chinese Room Dialectic
Wittgenstein's Anticipation of the Chinese Room
: The Hinterlandof the Chinese Room
Searle's Misunderstandings of Functionalism and Strong AI
Consciousness, Computation, and the Chinese Room
Neural Depictions of 'World' and 'Self': Bringing Computational Understanding to the Chinese Room
Do Virtual Actions Avoid the Chinese Room?
Minds, Machines, and Searle 2: What's Right and Wrong about the Chinese Room Argument
Alien Encounters
Cyborgs in the Chinese Room: Boundaries Transgressed and Boundaries Blurred
Changes in the Rules: Computers, Dynamical Systems, and Searle
Dancing with Pixies: Strong Artificial Intelligence and Panpsychism
Syntax, Semantics, PhysicsA Short Bibliography on Searle's Arguments
Name index
Subject index
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Views into the Chinese Room New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence

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