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- From: amdavi@cs.wm.edu (Alexander M. Davis)
- Subject: Re: grounding and the entity/environment boundary
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 14:40:30 GMT
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- It seems that the usage of phrases along the lines of "the soup
- becomes part of me [at time x under certain circumstances]" would
- entail loss of that identity under different circumstances. That is,
- would one be willing to assert that "At time x, had the soup not been
- introduced in such circumstance and therefore not become part of me, I
- would not be 'me' since in another circumstance I define 'me' as
- having some part integral with this soup."? It all seems to depend on
- the conceptual basis of identity: biological entity, behavioral
- response network, etc. For AI purposes any one of these models could
- be posited. Which is/are being asserted in this discussion?
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- Alex Davis
- amdavi@cs.wm.edu
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