properties while the human mind forms images by their significance. Searle criticizes the functionalist theory by forming an experiment called the Chinese Room. In this experiment he shows how a computer can come across as a person by the way it processes symbols. Searle argues that a computer is unable to comprehend information and is merely an input and output system. The mind, however, is able to learn information and understand its meaning.
properties while the human mind forms images by their significance. Searle criticizes the functionalist theory by forming an experiment called the Chinese Room. In this experiment he shows how a computer can come across as a person by the way it processes symbols. Searle argues that a computer is unable to comprehend information and is merely an input and output system. The mind, however, is able to learn information and understand its meaning.