Bruno Marchal writes: > > The other sticking point is, given computationalism > > is right, what does it take to implement a computation? There have > > been arguments > > that a computation is implemented by any physical system (Putnam, > > Searle, Moravec) > > and by no physical system (Maudlin, Bruno Marchal). > > > > OK. To be sure Maudlin would only partially agree. Maudlin shows (like > me) that we have: > > NOT COMP or NOT PHYSICAL SUPERVENIENCE
That sentence summarises the problem pretty well. We have to agree that there is this dichotomy before proceeding further, and I don't think most computationalists do. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
