?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Minds%2C+Brains+and+Programs&rft.creator=Searle%2C+John&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=This+article+can+be+viewed+as+an+attempt+to+explore+the+consequences+of+two+propositions.+(1)+Intentionality+in+human+beings+(and+animals)+is+a+product+of+causal+features+of+the+brain+I+assume+this+is+an+empirical+fact+about+the+actual+causal+relations+between+mental+processes+and+brains+It+says+simply+that+certain+brain+processes+are+sufficient+for+intentionality.+(2)+Instantiating+a+computer+program+is+never+by+itself+a+sufficient+condition+of+intentionality+The+main+argument+of+this+paper+is+directed+at+establishing+this+claim+The+form+of+the+argument+is+to+show+how+a+human+agent+could+instantiate+the+program+and+still+not+have+the+relevant+intentionality.+These+two+propositions+have+the+following+consequences+(3)+The+explanation+of+how+the+brain+produces+intentionality+cannot+be+that+it+does+it+by+instantiating+a+computer+program.+This+is+a+strict+logical+consequence+of+1+and+2.+(4)+Any+mechanism+capable+of+producing+intentionality+must+have+causal+powers+equal+to+those+of+the+brain.+This+is+meant+to+be+a+trivial+consequence+of+1.+(5)+Any+attempt+literally+to+create+intentionality+artificially+(strong+AI)+could+not+succeed+just+by+designing+programs+but+would+have+to+duplicate+the+causal+powers+of+the+human+brain.+This+follows+from+2+and+4.&rft.publisher=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1980&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7150%2F1%2F10.1.1.83.5248.pdf&rft.identifier=++Searle%2C+John++(1980)+Minds%2C+Brains+and+Programs.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7150%2F