Descartes Among the Robots

Authors:
Graham White
Affiliations:
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Venue:
Minds and Machines
Year:
2011

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Abstract

We consider the symbol grounding problem, and apply to it philosophical arguments against Cartesianism developed by Sellars and McDowell: the problematic issue is the dichotomy between inside and outside which the definition of a physical symbol system presupposes. Surprisingly, one can question this dichotomy and still do symbolic computation: a detailed examination of the hardware and software of serial ports shows this.