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“Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand it. In my childhood we were always assured that the brain was a telephone switchboard...Sherrington, the great British neuroscientist, thought the brain worked like a telegraph system. Freud often compared the brain to hydraulic and electromagnetic systems. Leibniz compared it to a mill...At present, obviously, the metaphor is the digital computer.”

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John Searle is an American philosopher born on July 31, 1932. He is renowned for his contributions to the fields of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. He is particularly famous for his 'Chinese Room argument,' which has had a profound impact on the fields of artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind. more

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