RE: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Brent meeker writes: Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Brent Meeker writes: I assume that there is some copy of me possible which preserves my 1st person experience. After all, physical copying literally occurs in the course of normal life and I still feel myself to be the same

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Hi Stathis, Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 10:23, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : Brent meeker writes: Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Fair is a vague term. That they are the same would be my default assumption, absent any other information. Of course knowing that one is analog and the other

The word theology again (was Hypostases (was: Natural Order Belief)

2006-12-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Brent, Our present discussion with Tom and others is particularly important for me. I am concentrating myself on the last decisions before writing the english version of my thesis, probably in the form of one paper + one book (the difference is that the book should be an, as

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Brent Meeker
Quentin Anciaux wrote: ... Another thing that puzzles me is that consciousness should be generated by physical (and chemicals which is also physical) activities of the brain, yet I feel my consciousness (in fact me) is located in the upper front of my skull... Why then neurons located in

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Brent Meeker
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Brent meeker writes: Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Brent Meeker writes: I assume that there is some copy of me possible which preserves my 1st person experience. After all, physical copying literally occurs in the course of normal life and I still feel myself

RE: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Hi Quentin, Hi Stathis, Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 10:23, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : Brent meeker writes: Stathis Papaioannou wrote: Fair is a vague term. That they are the same would be my default assumption, absent any other information. Of course knowing that one is

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 19:35, Brent Meeker a écrit : Quentin Anciaux wrote: ... Another thing that puzzles me is that consciousness should be generated by physical (and chemicals which is also physical) activities of the brain, yet I feel my consciousness (in fact me) is located in

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:38:32PM +0100, Quentin Anciaux wrote: Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 19:35, Brent Meeker a écrit : Quentin Anciaux wrote: ... Another thing that puzzles me is that consciousness should be generated by physical (and chemicals which is also physical)

Re: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Brent Meeker
Quentin Anciaux wrote: Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 19:35, Brent Meeker a écrit : Quentin Anciaux wrote: ... Another thing that puzzles me is that consciousness should be generated by physical (and chemicals which is also physical) activities of the brain, yet I feel my consciousness (in

RE: UDA revisited and then some

2006-12-06 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
Brent Meeker writes: You're implying that the default assumption should be that consciousness correlates more closely with external behaviour than with internal activity generating the behaviour: the tape recorder should reason that as the CD player produces the same audio output as I