On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 8:28:24 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:05:37AM -0800, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > When we talk about a Bp, relating to consciousness is that we are making > an > > assumption about what a proposition is. In fact, if we look closely, a > > proposition can only be another level of B. p is really nothing but a > group > > of sub-personal Beliefs (logarithmically nested as B^n) which we are > > arbitrarily considered as a given condition...but there is no given > > condition in actual experience. All experiences are contingent upon what > > the experiencer is capable of receiving or interacting with. > > > > I don't really follow your remaining comments, but I agree with you > that the p in the Theatetical definition of knowledge makes me > uncomfortable, post Popper. > > I'm happy for Bp & p to apply to mathematical knowledge, with B > semantically equivalent to "prove", but when it comes to scientific > knowledge, requiring absolute truth in things seems a step too far. >
I agree - for mathematical knowledge, I have no problem with it. > > But I have no constructive suggestions as to how to modify Theatetus :(. > It may not have to be modified, but if we apply it to anything with true 1p subjectivity, I think p could be redefined in the what that I was trying to propose, i.e. instead of p, there is a logarithmic scale of B (i.e. beliefs are a perception of a set of perceptions), then B and p are understood to be relativistic measures of sense-of-sense corroboration. Craig PS With the Simulacrum stuff I was saying that it's bad juju to sneak simulation of any kind into our understanding of consciousness. > Cheers > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected]<javascript:> > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
