ABSTRACT
This chapter contains a very brief introduction to Chinese room, followed by an example. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. The idea that computers can think is intuitively seductive. It becomes ever more so with the increasing complexity and sophistication of the tasks that such systems can accomplish. And with that thought comes an equally natural thought about the human mind and its consciousness. The questions discussed in the chapter are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, so they also think that they can be used to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
