Bruno Marchal wrote: > Le 23-juil.-06, à 02:43, 1Z a écrit : > > > There is no reason to think numbers can describe qualia at > > all, so the question of the "best" description hardly arises. > > That was my point. But then I can show this is a necessary consequence > of comp. > Materialist who are using comp as a pretext for not doing serious > philosophy of mind takes as granted that qualia can be described by > number or machine or theories. Comp explains how both qualia can be > related to a mixture of self-reference and unnameable truth.
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