Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-04 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: On 03 Oct 2011, at 21:00, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: Just a little correction. I wrote (on 30 Sep 2011) : On 30 Sep 2011, at 17:26, benjayk wrote: snip The only thing that COMP does is to propose a complicated thought construct which essentially

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-04 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: But then one 3-thing remains uncomputable, and undefined, namely the very foundation of computations. We can define computations in terms of numbers relations, and we can define number relations in terms of +,*,N. But what is N? It is 0 and

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-04 Thread meekerdb
On 10/4/2011 1:44 PM, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: But then one 3-thing remains uncomputable, and undefined, namely the very foundation of computations. We can define computations in terms of numbers relations, and we can define number relations in terms of +,*,N.

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-03 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Sep 2011, at 17:26, benjayk wrote: COMP is the attempt to solve the mind-body problem with basing everything on computations. This is not correct. Comp is the assumption that the brain functions without extra magic, or that the brain is just a

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-03 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: Just a little correction. I wrote (on 30 Sep 2011) : On 30 Sep 2011, at 17:26, benjayk wrote: COMP is the attempt to solve the mind-body problem with basing everything on computations. This is not correct. Comp is the assumption that the brain functions

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-03 Thread benjayk
Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sep 30, 11:26 am, benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com wrote: COMP is the attempt to solve the mind-body problem with basing everything on computations. But then one 3-thing remains uncomputable, and undefined, namely the very foundation of computations. We can

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-09-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 Sep 2011, at 17:26, benjayk wrote: COMP is the attempt to solve the mind-body problem with basing everything on computations. This is not correct. Comp is the assumption that the brain functions without extra magic, or that the brain is just a natural machine, like the heart or

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-09-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
Just a little correction. I wrote (on 30 Sep 2011) : On 30 Sep 2011, at 17:26, benjayk wrote: COMP is the attempt to solve the mind-body problem with basing everything on computations. This is not correct. Comp is the assumption that the brain functions without extra magic, or that

Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-09-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sep 30, 11:26 am, benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com wrote: COMP is the attempt to solve the mind-body problem with basing everything on computations. But then one 3-thing remains uncomputable, and undefined, namely the very foundation of computations. We can define computations in

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