On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 6:08 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 11:49:51AM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> Ok, so you are rejecting computationalism. Computationalism is the >> hypothesis that our mind supervenes on computations (sorry Bruno, it's >> easier to write for the purpose of this discussion :). You are >> declaring that mind supervene on the physical brain. > > That is not it at all. We've clarified with Bruno many times that > computational supervenience is compatible with physical > supervenience. Which is just as well, as otherwise it would be so much > the worse for computationalism.
I have no doubt that the brain is a physical computer, and that computations performed by the brain are no different from any other computations. We are discussing physicalism and computationalism, and if they are compatible or not, correct? Bruce repeatedly makes variation of the claim: "look, the brain is physical and the brain generates consciousness, these are the facts". This is what I am replying to. It's an argument from authority that leaves no space for debate or reasoning. Telmo. > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Senior Research Fellow [email protected] > Economics, Kingston University http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
