Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Brent meeker writes: >
> > I don't recall anything about all computations implementing consciousness? > > > > Brent Meeker > > OK, this is the basis of our disagreement. I understood computationalism as > the idea that it is the > actual computation that gives rise to consciousness. For example, if you have > a conscious robot > shovelling coal, you could take the computations going on in the robot's > processor and run it on > another similar computer with sham inputs and the same conscious experience > would result. And > if the program runs on one computer, it can run on another computer with the > appropriate emulation > software (the most general case of which is the UTM), which should also > result in the same conscious > experience. I suppose it is possible that *actually shovelling the coal* is > essential for the coal-shovelling > experience, and an emulation of that activity just wouldn't do it. However, > how can the robot tell the > difference between the coal and the simulated coal, and how can it know if it > is running on Windows XP > or Mac OS emulating Windows XP? That has nothing to do with all computations implementing consciousness --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
