Hello Ian, > Clearly the MoQ "supports" a S/O view of the world, a dualist view, > but the whole point is that as a metaphysics it is based on a view > that says Quality preceeds all subjects and objects. Yes. > So [the MoQ] is itself a Monism. No. Quality is the monism. > When you say "interaction is everything" any MoQist would agree with > you. Quality is that "interaction" - the interaction from which things > like subjects and objects arise, for our pragmatic convenience and > language. Yes. And so its disappointing to see language that reads like _the MoQ is everything_. > BTW the "brain in a vat" thought experiments preceed Penrose I think. > There is a good one by Dennett in Minds-I in which more and more of > the sensory and motor systems are replaced by robotic systems in > unusual locations - the question of "where am I" becomes interesting > ;-) And let's not forget the The Matrix trilogy. If memory serves Penrose was arguing against strong AI and the notion that consciousness could be "created" in a machine.
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