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    The Chinese Room argument lacks independent logical force... — Carmelics
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    The Chinese Room argument lacks independent logical force because it relies on intuition rather than reasoned premises

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    • 1.Dennett's heterophenomenology shows that intuitions about inner experience systematically mislead even trained observers about cognitive processes.
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    • 2.Searle offers no independent criterion for genuine understanding beyond the intuition that the room lacks it, making the argument circular.
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    • 3.A valid deductive argument requires premises whose warrant is independent of the conclusion, which Searle's intuition-dependent premises fail to provide.
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    • 1.Kahneman's dual-process research demonstrates that strong intuitions about agency and mind reflect System 1 heuristics, not reliable epistemic access to underlying facts.
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    • 2.If the argument's persuasive force evaporates when the intuition is suspended, as Chalmers and others have noted it does, the argument has no independent logical structure.
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    • 1.Searle's argument depends for its force on intuitions that certain entities do not think
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    • 2.Arguments that depend solely on intuition can be challenged by showing the intuition is unreliable or biased
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    Many responses to the Chinese Room argument have noted that, as with Leibniz’ Mill, the argument appears to be based on intuition: the intuition that a computer (or the man in the room) cannot think or have understanding. For example, Ned Block (1980) in his original BBS commentary says “Searle’s argument depends for its force on intuitions that certain entities do not think.” But, Block argues, (1) intuitions sometimes can and should be trumped and (2) perhaps we need to bring our concept of un
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