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This philosopher wrote that we learn to swim without developing a theory of swimming to explicate his idea (-5[1])of “practical holism,” which he used to describe the thought of people like Maurice Merleau-Ponty (“mer-loh-pon-TEE”). A 1972 book by this philosopher distinguishes what it calls the biological, psychological, epistemological, and ontological assumptions that underlie a certain “persistent (10[1])optimism.” This philosopher’s explication of Heidegger (“HIDE-uh-ger”), which is often given a portmanteau (10[1])name, (10[3])is contained in his book (10[1]-5[1])Being-in-the-World. This philosopher drew on Heidegger to critique (10[1])the “good old-fashioned” approach to a certain field, arguing that its focus on abstract symbolic manipulations was unrealistic, in a book that was reissued with the word “still” added to its title. For 10 points, name this Berkeley philosopher who critiqued artificial intelligence (-5[1])in What (-5[1])Computers (-5[1])Can’t Do. ■END■ (10[1]0[12])

ANSWER: Hubert Dreyfus [or Hubert Lederer Dreyfus] (The portmanteau name is “Dreydegger.”)
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