On 27 February 2014 22:22, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
Only when interpreted by an observer. An electrical circuit has only > voltages and currents, not bits. To an observer, a voltage on a data > line might be interpreted as 1 if it is greater than 3V, and zero if > it is less than 1V. In between those two thresholds, the voltage might > be determinate, but the information is not. > AFAICT observers don't seem central to constructor theory - it seems to be (or aims at being) an "objective" theory from which everything else of relevance will be emergent. From what I remember of the topic in FOR, David isn't an avowed eliminativist on consciousness but on the whole seems content to sideline it as a subsidiary problem for psychologists. That said, do you feel that his information-is-physical position, even in the case that physics-is-construction, is in effect crypto-eliminativism? David -- 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.
