Searle thinks that there must be more to having a mind than just running a program because
A) computers can run many programs at the same time.
B) humans can't run many programs at the same time.
C) something can run a program without knowing what its symbols mean.
D) something can run a program even though it's not alive.

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Searle's argument, particularly in his Chinese Room argument, emphasizes that merely running a program does not equate to understanding or consciousness because the system does not inherently understand the symbols it manipulates; it merely follows syntactic rules without any grasp of semantic content.

Searle Thinks That There Must Be More to Having a Mind