On 02 Aug 2016, at 22:41, Brent Meeker wrote:
On 8/2/2016 11:05 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
But the argument seems somewhat circular since you assume that
the different physical processes associated with location make the
thoughts different.
Yes, it is more pedagogical, but the "physical" used here is not
assumed to be primary, and the reasoning will just show that if we
do survive with a physical digital brain, then the physical is
reduced to an (fundamental and important) aspect of the "theology
of number", or if you prefer, of the mathematics of universal
machine self-reference.
But if you must assume the physical in order for that argument to be
valid, it seems that physical is as "primary" as anything else in
the ontology.
No, because the physical assumption is eliminated at step 7. And is
actually never done. We assume the existence of doctor, computers,
etc. But we don't assume they exist in any absolute sense. Indeed,
such assumption will be negated later.
We are at step 3 only, here. Let us not make things more complex than
they are. Just answer question 1 and 2, so we can proceed. Thanks.
Bruno
Brent
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