On 10/24/2019 6:46 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
Leibniz put it well in 1686, in his famous image of the mill:
consciousness, he said, "cannot be explained on mechanical
principles, ie by shapes and movements…. imagine that there is a
machine [eg a brain] whose structure makes it think, sense and have
perception. Then we can conceive it enlarged, so that we can go
inside it, as into a mill. Suppose that we do: then if we inspect the
interior we shall find there nothing but parts which push one
another, and never anything which could explain a conscious experience."
Conclusion: consciousness can't be physical,
That’s a valid reasoning.
No it's not. Leibniz could find "producing flour" either, just parts
that push and pull.
Brent
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