塞尔用中文房间思想实验说明机器不能思维,而维特根斯坦早在20世纪50年代就已经提出机器不能思维,二者殊途同归,但论证的路径与方法却很不一样。塞尔认为机器不能思维在于它产生不了理解,因为理解依赖于特定的生化反应。而维特根斯坦的理论表明,理解是一种外在的语言现象。理解是由语言所产生的社会现象,是语言及其语境所建构的产物。 Searle did not think the machine was able to think by using the Chinese room thinking experiment. However, Wittgenstein put forward that the machine can not think as early as the 1950s, and the two approaches are the same. However, the path and method of demonstration are very different. Searle thinks the machine can not think because it does not understand, because understanding depends on a particular biochemical reaction. Wittgenstein’s theory shows that understanding is an external language phenomenon. Understanding is the social phenomenon produced by the language, the product of the language and its context.