On 21/09/2007, "Hal Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as functionalism, I agree that this kind of analysis argues > against it. Indeed the post from Wei Dai which introduced this concept, > which I quote here, http://www.udassa.com/origins.html (apologies for the > incompleteness of this web site), suggests that the size of a computer > would affect measure, contradicting functionalism.
How does this contradict functionalism? Functionalism needs to be true in order for the computer program to be conscious in the first place. -- Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
