The Chinese Room

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf thought experiment
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:Paul_Churchland
gptkb:Patricia_Churchland
gptkbp:example person in a room manipulating Chinese symbols
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Chinese Room
gptkbp:influenced philosophy of artificial intelligence
debates on strong AI
gptkbp:languageDiscussed gptkb:Chinese
English
gptkbp:mainArgument computers cannot understand language
syntax is not sufficient for semantics
gptkbp:opposedBy strong AI
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:John_Searle
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Behavioral_and_Brain_Sciences
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:artificial_intelligence
Turing Award
philosophy of mind
consciousness
gptkbp:supports biological naturalism
gptkbp:yearProposed 1980
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Little_Orpheus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4