?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Virtual+Symposium+on+Virtual+Mind&rft.creator=Hayes%2C+Patrick&rft.creator=Harnad%2C+Stevan&rft.creator=Perlis%2C+Donald&rft.creator=Block%2C+Ned&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=When+certain+formal+symbol+systems+(e.g.%2C+computer+programs)+are+implemented+as+dynamic+physical+symbol%0Asystems+(e.g.%2C+when+they+are+run+on+a+computer)+their+activity+can+be+interpreted+at+higher+levels+(e.g.%2C+binary+code+can+be%0Ainterpreted+as+LISP%2C+LISP+code+can+be+interpreted+as+English%2C+and+English+can+be+interpreted+as+a+meaningful+conversation).%0AThese+higher+levels+of+interpretability+are+called+%22virtual%22+systems.+If+such+a+virtual+system+is+interpretable+as+if+it+had+a+mind%2C+is%0Asuch+a+%22virtual+mind%22+real%3F+This+is+the+question+addressed+in+this+%22virtual%22+symposium%2C+originally+conducted+electronically+among%0Afour+cognitive+scientists%3A+Donald+Perlis%2C+a+computer+scientist%2C+argues+that+according+to+the+computationalist+thesis%2C+virtual+minds+are%0Areal+and+hence+Searle's+Chinese+Room+Argument+fails%2C+because+if+Searle+memorized+and+executed+a+program+that+could+pass+the%0ATuring+Test+in+Chinese+he+would+have+a+second%2C+virtual%2C+Chinese-understanding+mind+of+which+he+was+unaware+(as+in+multiple%0Apersonality).+Stevan+Harnad%2C+a+psychologist%2C+argues+that+Searle's+Argument+is+valid%2C+virtual+minds+are+just+hermeneutic%0Aoverinterpretations%2C+and+symbols+must+be+grounded+in+the+real+world+of+objects%2C+not+just+the+virtual+world+of+interpretations.%0AComputer+scientist+Patrick+Hayes+argues+that+Searle's+Argument+fails%2C+but+because+Searle+does+not+really+implement+the+program%3A%0AA+real+implementation+must+not+be+homuncular+but+mindless+and+mechanical%2C+like+a+computer.+Only+then+can+it+give+rise+to+a+mind%0Aat+the+virtual+level.+Philosopher+Ned+Block+suggests+that+there+is+no+reason+a+mindful+implementation+would+not+be+a+real+one.+%0A&rft.date=1992&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1585%2F1%2Fharnad92.virtualmind.html&rft.identifier=++Hayes%2C+Patrick+and+Harnad%2C+Stevan+and+Perlis%2C+Donald+and+Block%2C+Ned++(1992)+Virtual+Symposium+on+Virtual+Mind.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1585%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>