<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Virtual Symposium on Virtual Mind"^^ . "When certain formal symbol systems (e.g., computer programs) are implemented as dynamic physical symbol\nsystems (e.g., when they are run on a computer) their activity can be interpreted at higher levels (e.g., binary code can be\ninterpreted as LISP, LISP code can be interpreted as English, and English can be interpreted as a meaningful conversation).\nThese higher levels of interpretability are called \"virtual\" systems. If such a virtual system is interpretable as if it had a mind, is\nsuch a \"virtual mind\" real? This is the question addressed in this \"virtual\" symposium, originally conducted electronically among\nfour cognitive scientists: Donald Perlis, a computer scientist, argues that according to the computationalist thesis, virtual minds are\nreal and hence Searle's Chinese Room Argument fails, because if Searle memorized and executed a program that could pass the\nTuring Test in Chinese he would have a second, virtual, Chinese-understanding mind of which he was unaware (as in multiple\npersonality). Stevan Harnad, a psychologist, argues that Searle's Argument is valid, virtual minds are just hermeneutic\noverinterpretations, and symbols must be grounded in the real world of objects, not just the virtual world of interpretations.\nComputer scientist Patrick Hayes argues that Searle's Argument fails, but because Searle does not really implement the program:\nA real implementation must not be homuncular but mindless and mechanical, like a computer. Only then can it give rise to a mind\nat the virtual level. Philosopher Ned Block suggests that there is no reason a mindful implementation would not be a real one. \n"^^ . "1992" . . "2" . "3" . . "Minds and Machines"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Stevan"^^ . "Harnad"^^ . "Stevan Harnad"^^ . . "Donald"^^ . "Perlis"^^ . "Donald Perlis"^^ . . "Patrick"^^ . "Hayes"^^ . "Patrick Hayes"^^ . . "Ned"^^ . "Block"^^ . "Ned Block"^^ . . . . . . "Virtual Symposium on Virtual Mind (HTML)"^^ . . . "harnad92.virtualmind.html"^^ . . . "Virtual Symposium on Virtual Mind (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1585 \n\nVirtual Symposium on Virtual Mind\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Cognitive Psychology" . . . "Artificial Intelligence" . . . "Philosophy of Mind" . .