On Nov 22, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > But how would they agree on this? If we knew the answer to that we > wouldn't > need to be considering these (nomologically) impossible thought > experiments.
They would use the same criteria that they use to decide that humans are conscious in our own world, which would be a combination of observing outward behavior (Turing-Test), and observing brain states. In one sense, that would be harder, because the conscious beings in the Life universe will look very different than us. In another sense it would be easier, because they'd have access to every bit of the Life universe. Am I confusing "mechanism" with something else? "Functionalism"? "Computationalism"? -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
