On Sep 22, 1:10 pm, Flammarion <peterdjo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > No it's what a program is... Would you be different if instantiated on a x86 > > computer than on an ARM based one ? > > There's a difference between being independent of any > specific instantiation and being independent of all instantiations.
Computational supervenience is not equivalent to no instantiation. Its realisation is derived from AR - i.e. the posit that all phenomena are consequential on a specific subset of mathematics and computational theory. It is motivated by the inadequacy of physical supervenience as a basis for the computational theory of mind. Its explanatory worth as a theory is to be judged abductively and empirically. > Platonism is not proved by multiple realisability. AFAICS nobody is trying to prove Platonism but you. Could you either state clearly what work this label is supposed to do, beyond the posit of AR on an abductive basis that we have already agreed on, or drop your insistence on it? David > On 22 Sep, 12:59, Quentin Anciaux <allco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/9/22 Flammarion <peterdjo...@yahoo.com> > > > > On 22 Sep, 12:07, Quentin Anciaux <allco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It does show that you're nothing more than a program... which exists > > > > (mathematically) independantly of any of it's instantiation. > > > > Such existence is blatant Platonism. > > > No it's what a program is... Would you be different if instantiated on a x86 > > computer than on an ARM based one ? > > There's a difference between being independent of any > specific instantiation and being independent of all instantiations. > Platonism is not proved by multiple realisability. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
