On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Bruce Kellett <[email protected] > wrote:
> *> If the theory is that if the observable behaviour of the brain is > replicated, then consciousness will also be replicated, then the > clear corollary is that consciousness can be inferred from observable > behaviour.* Yes. > *> Which implies that I can be as certain of the consciousness of other > people as I am of my own.* No. The idea that consciousness can be inferred from intelligent behavior is an axiom of existence, it has no proof and will never have a proof but it sure seems like its true, and every sane human being uses it every hour of their waking life. And there is always a element of doubt in real life, or at least there should be, so something need not provide absolute certainty to be enormously useful. As for my own consciousness I don’t have a proof of that either but I don’t need one because I’ve got the one thing that can pull rank even over proof, direct experience. > *> This seems to do some violence to the 1p/1pp/3p distinctions * Bruno’s the one who started pushing that ridiculous phrase, I suppose he thought it sounded more profound erudite and scientific than “the difference between you and me”. And I would maintain nobody outside a looney bin has difficulty finding the "1p/1pp/3p distinction”. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
