Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Peter Jones writes: > > > If consciousness supervenes on inherent non-interprtation-dependent > > features, > > it can supervene on features which are binary, either present or > > absent. > > > > For instance, whether a programme examines or modifies its own code is > > surely > > such a feature. > > > > > > >Even if computationalism were false and only those machines > > > specially blessed by God were conscious there would have to be a > > > continuum, across > > > different species and within the lifespan of an individual from birth to > > > death. The possibility > > > that consciousness comes on like a light at some point in your life, or > > > at some point in the > > > evolution of a species, seems unlikely to me. > > > > Surely it comes on like a light whenver you wake up. > > Being alive/dead or conscious/unconscious would seem to be a binary property, > but it's > hard to believe (though not impossible) that there would be one circuit, > neuron or line of > code that makes the difference between conscious and unconscious.
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