Some people feel uneasy about trying to take reality and break it up into pieces - since everything is all part of the seemless web of the cosmos.
But thinking of everything as one is too hard so we need to be able to modularise reality to make it tractable. Traditionally we have done this by using boundary logic. But this can reify into a sense of separation. Another way to handle the issue is to use foci logic (with no sharp edges). In this case we can recognise self as a focus or node in a web and others represent other foci or nodes in the web. For ethics the self node is recognised as having its own goals and hence needs, while others are also seen as bundles or concentrations of goals and needs. (This focus and boundaries idea is part of a bigger concept of opportunity multiplying that I've pulled together over the years ( an opportunity generating and problem solving philosophy) - see: http://www.green-innovations.asn.au/opmult.htm This philosophy might be a useful part of the traiing program for an AGI. Cheers, Philip ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
