On Nov 22, 2008, at 2:06 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Yes, there must be a problem with the assumptions. The only assumption > that I see we could eliminate, painful though it might be for those of > a scientific bent, is the idea that consciousness supervenes on > physical activity. Q.E.D.
Right. But the problem is that that conclusion doesn't tell me how to deal with the (equally persuasive) arguments that convince me there's something deeply correct about viewing consciousness in computational terms, and viewing computation in physical terms. So I'm really just left with a dilemma. As I've hinted earlier, I suspect that there's something wrong with the idea of "physical matter" and related ideas like causality, probability, etc. But that's pretty vague. -- Kory --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
