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    It is not the case that Fodor's revised argument against the Chinese Room is unsubstantiated

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    • 1.Fodor claims that because the man in the Chinese Room sets out to implement the steps in the computer program, he is not implementing those steps
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    • 2.Fodor offers no argument for this claim
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    • 3.A claim that a deliberate implementation is not an implementation is extraordinary and requires argument
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