?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Two+Black+Boxes%3A+a+Fable&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=Once+upon+a+time%2C+there+were+two+large+black+boxes%2C+A+and+B%2C+connected+by+a+long+insulated+copper+wire.+On+box+A+there+were+two+buttons%2C+marked+*a*+and+*b*%2C+and+on+box+B+there+were+three+lights%2C+red%2C+green%2C+and+amber.+Scientists+studying+the+behavior+of+the+boxes+had+observed+that+whenever+you+pushed+the+*a*+button+on+box+A%2C+the+red+light+flashed+briefly+on+box+B%2C+and+whenever+you+pushed+the+*b*+button+on+box+A%2C+the+green+light+flashed+briefly.+The+amber+light+never+seemed+to+flash.+They+performed+a+few+billion+trials%2C+under+a+very+wide+variety+of+conditions%2C+and+found+no+exceptions.+There+seemed+to+them+to+be+a+causal+regularity%2C+which+they+conveniently+summarized+thus%3A&rft.date=1992&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F247%2F1%2Ftwoblack.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel++(1992)+Two+Black+Boxes%3A+a+Fable.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F247%2F