On Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:18:01 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Apr 2013, at 02:31, John Clark wrote: > > > The reason nobody has a answer to the hard problem is that nobody has > clearly explained exactly what the problem is or what the answer is > expected to do. > > > The hard problem is only the antic mind-body problem, and what you say is > that you don't understand it, as it happens frequently. UDA reduces that > problem to the problem of justifying, by a FPI statistics, the belief in > matter by some average relative universal machine/number. > Then the qualia are explained by the logic of self-reference, like the > quanta, but it leads to testable statictics on the quanta, so that we can > test the comp theory theory of consciousness. >
I would disagree in the sense that your definition conflates the hard problem with the explanatory gap - which is hugely common and not a big deal unless you are getting very specific about it. I see the difference between my definition (which I think more or less reflects Chalmers original intent) and the mind/body problem, is that the Hard problem is just the aesthetic problem. Why does the mind have any aesthetic content to begin with? What are colors and flavors doing in a computer program, or neuronal interactions. Of course, there can never be an answer to that, in my opinion, because I see the question is upside down. The programs and neurons are only always within the aesthetic dream of the universe. Craig > Bruno > > > > > John K Clark > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- 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.
