Re: It's a mad mad mad world (was computationalism and supervenience)]

2006-08-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 21-août-06, à 22:01, George Levy a écrit : Slight correction: If you are sane then you're not sure that you are sane, OK. then you would have to be crazy to say "Yes Doctor.".. Why? You can hope. Like you can hope you are sane, and that you will remain sane after a comp-substitutio

It's a mad mad mad world (was computationalism and supervenience)]

2006-08-21 Thread George Levy
Slight correction: If you are sane then you're not sure that you are sane, then you would have to be crazy to say "Yes Doctor.".. ...yet a man could say it but not a "sane" machine. Bruno's quest based on machine psychology runs the risk of leaving unanswered the really

It's a mad mad mad world (was computationalism and supervenience)

2006-08-21 Thread George Levy
If you're not sure that you are sane, then you must be crazy to say "Yes Doctor.".. ...yet a man could say it but not a "sane" machine. Bruno's quest based on machine psychology runs the risk of leaving unanswered the really big quest based on human psychology. George B