?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Peirce%2C+Searle%2C+and+the+Chinese+Room+Argument&rft.creator=Brown%2C+Steven+Ravett&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Whether+human+thinking+can+be+formalized+and+whether+machines+can+think+in+a+human+sense+are+questions+that+have+been+addressed+since+the+Renaissance.+I+will+employ+arguments+from+both+a+modern+critic%2C+John+Searle%2C+and+from+one+present+at+the+inception+of+the+field%2C+Charles+Peirce%2C+and+another+inductive+argument%2C+all+of+which+conclude+that+digital+computers+cannot+achieve+human-like+understanding.+Searle+approaches+the+problem+from+the+standpoint+of+traditional+analytic+philosophy.+Peirce+would+have+radically+disagreed+with+Searle%C2%92s+analysis%2C+but+he+ultimately+arrives+at+the+same+conclusion.+Given+this+diversity+of+arguments+against+the+Artificial+Intelligence+(AI)+project%2C+it+would+seem+its+ultimate+goal+is+futile%2C+despite+the+computer%C2%92s+amazing+achievements.+However%2C+I+will+show+that+those+arguments+themselves+imply+a+direction+for+AI+research+which+seems+fruitful+and+which+is+in+fact+being+pursued%2C+although+it+is+not+in+the+mainstream+of+that+field.+&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1761%2F1%2FPeirce_Paper.htm&rft.identifier=++Brown%2C+Steven+Ravett++(2001)+Peirce%2C+Searle%2C+and+the+Chinese+Room+Argument.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1761%2F