On Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:03:15 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 28 February 2014 03:02, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> In other words, why, in a functionalist/materialist world would we need a >> breakable program to keep telling us that our hand is not Alien? >> >> Or contrariwise, why do you need a breakable programme to tell you that > it's your hand? >
Sure, that too. It doesn't make sense functionally. What difference does it make 'who' the hand 'belongs' to, as long as it performs as a hand. > Maybe it isn't always obvious that it's my hand... I believe the brain has > an internal model of the body. I guess without one it wouldn't find it so > easy to control it? A body's quite complicated, after all... > Why should the model include its own non-functional presence though? Craig -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
