On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
>> And this is a example of why I'm so certain that regardless of what you >> say "comp" is NOT just a abbreviation for computationalism. >> Computationalism says that consciousness is what matter does when it is >> organized in certain ways >> > > > No, that's not computationalism... that's functionalism. > According to Wikipedia "functionalism" is the belief that mental states are caused by "relations to other mental states, sensory inputs, and behavioral outputs". This definition must have come from a professional philosopher or psychologist, only they are silly enough to feel the need to put a name (functionalism) on a platitude like the above; according to it everybody must be a functionalist, even the Pope. > Computationalism involve computations > Yes. > Consciousness could come from matter organized in certain ways without > being the result of a computation. > Please explain how you could organize matter, or organize anything else, without using information. And if it involves information then it is in the realm of computation and computers. 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]. 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/d/optout.
