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The reply claims that though the man in the room does not understand Chinese the whole "supersystem" of which he is a part really does understand Chinese (the idea that the room then understands Chinese, by the way, was stated to me by one of the early inventors of the systems reply).

The Myth of the Computer: An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1982

PC Gamers will have the chance to transform their basic machine into a fully-equipped 'supersystem' each week through the end of the month.

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PC Gamers will have the chance to transform their basic machine into a fully-equipped 'supersystem' each week through the end of the month.

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PC Gamers will have the chance to transform their basic machine into a fully-equipped 'supersystem' each week through the end of the month.

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We wanted to expose the wretched underside of the global energy supersystem.

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The issue, to repeat, is over how the supersystem — even a supersystem as big as the Library of Congress — can attach any meaning to any of the symbols.

The Myth of the Computer: An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1982

Rather, we (and many others) claim that the supersystem itself — the whole supersystem — has these powers.

The Myth of the Computer: An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1982

No one claims the supersystem gives the subsystem by itself special new powers or properties.

The Myth of the Computer: An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1982

Anyone who hunts for a pizza-enjoying subsystem in a human being is on a fool's errand, and anyone who denies that a supersystem understands Chinese on the grounds that none of its subsystems do is making the same error moving in the other direction.

The Myth of the Computer: An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1982

Dennett pretends that the issue between us is over the possibility of the supersystem having properties which are not properties of any of its subsystems.

The Myth of the Computer: An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1982