Re: Neural netss (was Re: death of the mind.)

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:02:30 GMT

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:42:10 -0400, Wolf Kirchmeir
<wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Lester Zick wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:38:58 -0400, Wolf Kirchmeir
>> <wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>When I ask you what you mean by some term, I usally intend "What are you
>>>referring to?"
>>>
>>>So: what do you mean "self contradiction"?
>>
>>
>> No, Wolf, you aren't pulling this *** on me. I raised the issue to
>> find out what behaviorism's doctrine is on the subject and its origin
>> and impact on behavior, not what mine is. I know what mine is. Self
>> contradiction is probably the oldest standard of truth in the history
>> of science. If you don't know what it means either behaviorism has no
>> doctrine on the mechanical origin of the effect or you don't know what
>> it is. In either case, you're not competent to discuss it.
>>
>> Regards - Lester
>
>I know what "self-contradiction" means in normal discourse. I don't know
>what _you_ mean by it, is all.

Well, if you knew what the term means in behaviorist discourse, you
could answer the question out of hand.

Regards - Lester