On 6/13/2014 4:48 PM, LizR wrote:
On 14 June 2014 10:01, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Consequently, neither computation, nor the epistemological states it
emulates, are dispensable (i.e. fully reducible) in this schema.
It's not clear what "emulates" means. I think Bruno proposes that
arithmetical
computation actually instantiates modal states like belief. But I think
that may be
stretching the meaning of "belief". If belief is defined in terms of
propensity to
act certain ways in certain contexts, then it seems it can be physically
instantiated too.
Yes, as a propensity to act in a certain way, a belief is doubtless a complex data
structure. (But if comp is correct it's a finite one.)
Of course saying "physically instantiated" is assuming what you're trying to
prove.
Proof is for logicians and mathematicians who come armed with assumptions they call
"axioms".
"Physically instantiated" isn't even a sentence, so you must be referring to "If belief is
defined in terms of propensity to act certain ways in certain contexts, then it seems it
can be physically instantiated too." I don't think that's just an assumption, it's an
inductive inference given some ostensive definitions.
Brent
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