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Action, Purpose, and Consciousness Among the Computers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Richmond Campbell  and
Alexander Rosenberg
Richmond Campbell
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University
Alexander Rosenberg
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , December 1973 , pp. 547 - 557
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Copyright © 1973 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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We are indebted to D. Braybrooke, N. Mackintosh, M. Fearon, J. Gery, and S. Burns for observations and remarks without which this paper would not have been written. Our thanks are also due to the referees of this journal.

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