On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ben Goertzel wrote: > But I read Penrose's arguments carefully and found them quite > unconvincing.... > > To those interested in the philosophy of awareness & its relationship to > AGI, I highly recommend Daniel Dennett's critique of Penrose's claims. I > think it's in his book Brainstorms. [Although I don't agree with Dennett's > complete reductionist approach to consciousness in "Consciousness > Explained", I also like his essay on pattern metaphysics in Brainstorms.]
FYI, my own analysis of Penrose's argument is available at: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/g/appendix.html Cheers, Bill ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/
