On 9/16/2018 11:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
No problem. I can explain why you will need a non computationalist
theory of mind.
Given that there is no evidence at all for primary matter, nor for a
non computationalist theory of mind, that seems very speculative to me.
I am aware that many materialist use (explicitly or implicitly) a
mechanist theory of mind, but I can explain why materialism (or
physicalism) is (are) incompatible with Indexical Digital Mechanism.
(The doctrine that the brain function is Turing emulable at *some*
level of description).
But it seems to me that a subconscious is incompatible with your theory
of mind. So far as I can see you only propose to explain conscious
thought as computation, i.e. some computations instantiate conscious
thoughts and some don't. But it appears that many, if not most, of our
thinking is subconscious. Where in your theory is this distinction encoded?
Brent
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