On 9/19/2019 6:19 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
Consciousness cannot be algorithmic if Mechanism is true, because it relies on the notion of truth, which is not just not algorithmic, but is not even definable.
What does "it" refer to? Consciousness being algorimthic or Mechanism? and what notion of truth does it rely on? (not the one conditional on Mechanism being true, I hope).
Consciousness is related to the semantic of some program observing itself, and no program can defined its own semantic once he has enough arithmetical belief.
"Related to" to is vague and whether the semantic of program observing itself and be defined by the program doesn't imply there is not such semantic that consciousness can be "related to".
Sometimes “mechanism” is described as a theory in which consciousness is algorithmic, and that is OK for an oversimplified description of mechanism, but at some point we have to be more precise to avoid contradictions and some nonsense.
Isn't that what you mean when you suppose that consciousness is digital. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c223fb18-08be-1017-4a62-c7abedc8c704%40verizon.net.
