“Minds, Brains, and Programs” by John Searle (Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1980)

Searle presents a thought experiment reflecting on fundamental semantic and philosophical differences between human minds and computational processes. Is it theoretically possible for a computer to “think” like a human being?

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