On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 5:01 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> if it was all based on the observation of behavior then what you'd end up >> with is a scientific theory about intelligence not consciousness. > > > *> That is right. But if you agree that consciousness is a form of > non-provable but also non-doubtable knowledge, and if you agree with the > standard definition of knowledge in philosophy of mind, then it is a > theorem that Peano Arithmetic is conscious.* > Perhaps rocks are intelligent and they just choose not to display it, if so then rocks are conscious too. Perhaps Peano Arithmetic is intelligent and it just chooses not to display it, if so then Peano Arithmetic is conscious too. Or perhaps neither rocks nor Peano Arithmetic nor you is conscious and only I am. Perhaps, but I doubt it. 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.
