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- From: tomh@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Tom Holroyd)
- Subject: Re: grounding and the entity/environment boundary
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:27:31 GMT
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- ken@iat.holonet.net (Ken Easlon) writes:
-
- > The point at which the soup becomes part of me is open to debate:
- >
- > when it's in the bowl
- > when it's in the spoon
- > when it's in my mouth
- > when it's in my stomach
- > when it's been digested, and it's molecules intertwine with mine
-
- I suggest (in a functional style):
- When the soup first modifies your behavior.
- (E.g. when you spot the soup on the shelf in the market, it's part of you.
- Or when you make out the shopping list, and think "I'm going to buy/cook
- soup," the soup has already modified your behavior, and is part of you.)
-
- Tom Holroyd
- tomh@bambi.ccs.fau.edu
-