Comment by tsimionescu
8 hours ago
As far as I can see, Searle rejects the whole concept, and claims that by construction, it is obvious that the Chinese room doesn't understand Chinese in the same way that a speaker does, regardless of how well it can mimic Chinese speech.
> claims that by construction, it is obvious that
Sounds like circular logic to me unless you make that assumption explicit
Yes, that's what I'm "accusing" him of. I'm sure his defenders view his argument differently.