?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Peirce+and+Formalization+of+Thought%3A+the+Chinese+Room+Argument&rft.creator=Brown%2C+Steven+Ravett&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Whether+human+thinking+can+be+formalized+and+whether+machines+can+think+in+a+human+sense+are+questions+that+have+been+addressed+by+both+Peirce+and+Searle.+Peirce+came+to+roughly+the+same+conclusion+as+Searle%2C+that+the+digital+computer+would+not+be+able+to+perform+human+thinking+or+possess+human+understanding.+However%2C+his+rationale+and+Searle's+differ+on+several+important+points.+Searle+approaches+the+problem+from+the+standpoint+of+traditional+analytic+philosophy%2C+where+the+strict+separation+of+syntax+and+semantics+renders+understanding+impossible+for+a+purely+syntactical+device.+Peirce+disagreed+with+that+analysis%2C+but+argued+that+the+computer+would+only+be+able+to+achieve+algorithmic+thinking%2C+which+he+considered+the+simplest+type.+Although+their+approaches+were+radically+dissimilar%2C+their+conclusions+were+not.+I+will+compare+and+analyze+the+arguments+of+both+Peirce+and+Searle+on+this+issue%2C+and+outline+some+implications+of+their+conclusions+for+the+field+of+Artificial+Intelligence.+&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1002%2F1%2FPeirce_Paper.html&rft.identifier=++Brown%2C+Steven+Ravett++(2000)+Peirce+and+Formalization+of+Thought%3A+the+Chinese+Room+Argument.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1002%2F