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Lost in the hermeneutic hall of mirrors
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 2:321-27 (1990)
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Critique of Computationalism as merely projecting hermeneutics (i.e., meaning originating from the mind of an external interpreter) onto otherwise intrinsically meaningless symbols. Projecting an interpretation onto a symbol system results in its being reflected back, in a spuriously self-confirming wayAuthor's Profile
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