What is Searles Chinese Room Argument? And what does it show us about the nature of the mind? Discuss in relation to 1 or 2 of the main objections

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What is Searles Chinese Room Argument? And what does it show us about the nature of the mind? Discuss in relation to 1 or 2 of the main objections to Searles argument.

Make a decision about whether you want to discuss the Chinese Room just as a putative counterexample to the Turing Test or as a putative counterexample to functionalist accounts of the mind and make that decision explicit for the reader. Find a focus.

The SEP and IEP entries links below are good for summarizing the main replies that have been made to the Chinese Room. But dont just regurgitate passages from these entries. Use at least 4 of these links as well as a minimum of 4 other google scholar references.

https://www-jstor-org.ez.library.latrobe.edu.au/stable/2251299?socuuid=4d22ae13-cdfc-49d7-883d-094d17921e0https://www-cambridge-org.ez.library.latrobe.edu.au/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/minds-brains-and-programs/DC644B47A4299C637C89772FACC2706A (must use this article)

https://www-jstor-org.ez.library.latrobe.edu.au/stable/24996641 (must use this article)

HYPERLINK "https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/" https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/

https://iep.utm.edu/chinese-room-argument/https://content.talisaspire.com/latrobe/bundles/62f5d159a0636957d97a31b4You should explain the Chinese Room example in your own words. Keep your description concise but make sure you demonstrate your understanding of how it is meant to work.

Note: 1 or 2 main objections to Searles argument - things like the system reply or the robot reply which is a reply a functionalist might make. for example, you could focus in on whether it's a counterexample to functionalism or the Turing test, that shows us that computers won't ever have human like understanding.