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In Praise of Narrow Minds: The Frame Problem
by J. Christopher Maloney

[Defense of modular encapsulation against among others Haugeland: Artificial
Intelligence, The Very Idea. Examples commented from there:]
"I left my raincoat in the bathtub, because it was still wet" [what does 'it'
stand for?]

"(1) When Daddy drove up, the boys quit playing cops and robbers. They put away
     their guns and ran out back to the cars.
 (2) When the cops drove up, the boys quit their robbery attempt. They put away
     their guns and ran out back to the cars."
[Modularity does not mean context-free syntax. Semantics as the limit of
syntax. A "meaning" is not a property: see Minsky - Note: my comments!]