On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 09:04:15AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Ah! See my papers for a proof that indeed consciousness does not > emerge from brain function. See the paper by Maudlin for an > independent and later argument (which handles also the "counterfactual > objection"). You have to assume the body is a machine.
I presume by "emerge", you mean "supervene on". I don't see how you prove this in your thesis, just the contradiction of computationalism with naive physicalism, which is not the same thing. See the footnote in my book on page 69. Its an important point, as without supervenience, the Occam catastrophe happens, which contradicts what we observe. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
