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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Searle's Pearls
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 00:49:43 EST
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> Interesting, isn't it, that the man who knows the rules for Chinese
> explicitly doesn't understand Chinese, while the people who *do*
> understand *don't* know the rules...  [CANZI]

Might this have something to do with the very notion of consciousness,
that our minds understand and exercise rules, but "we" (our consciousnesses?)
are not (consciously?) aware of them?  (Sort of like believing we make
decisions "freely", through independent will free of dependencies, though
unaware of the root causes...)
-- 
"I was walking down the street.  A man came up to me and asked me what was the
 capital of Bolivia.  I hesitated.  Three sailors jumped me.  The next thing I
 knew I was making chicken salad."
"I don't believe that for a minute.  Everyone knows the capital of Bolivia is
 La Paz."				Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr