@misc{cogprints1577,
volume = {2},
title = {Lost in the hermeneutic hall of mirrors},
author = {Stevan Harnad},
year = {1990},
pages = {321--327},
journal = {Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence},
keywords = {symbol systems, theory of mind, other-minds problem, Turing Test, hermeneutics, Strong Ai, computationalism, robotics},
url = {http://cogprints.org/1577/},
abstract = {Critique of Computationalism as merely projecting hermeneutics
(i.e., meaning originating from the mind of an external interpreter) onto
otherwise intrinsically meaningless symbols. Projecting an interpretation onto
a symbol system results in its being reflected back, in a spuriously
self-confirming way.}
}