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Essays on Designing Minds", (Penguin Press Science, 1998) | Essays on Designing Minds", (Penguin Press Science, 1998) | ||
| - | : "In ordinary runs of affairs, large families of beliefs travel together in our mental lives. At one instant, Mary believes that her purse in on the bed, and believes | + | : "In ordinary runs of affairs, large families of beliefs travel together in our mental lives. At one instant, Mary believes that her purse in on the bed, and believes her handbag is on some horizontal surface, and believes that the item containing her comb is supported by the article of furniture one sleeps in, and so forth. Now do all (or many) of these distinct states have to light up and team up to cause Mary to run upstairs? Or is there just one each from the belief family and the desire family that are chosen to do the work?" |
== Who decides which agent is active? == | == Who decides which agent is active? == | ||
