Re: UDA Step 7

2008-04-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
Dear Günther, Le 02-avr.-08, à 20:16, Günther Greindl a écrit : Dear Bruno, Yes. The comp intelligible matter hypostases give the modal logic corresponding to quantum logic, except that I loose the necessitation rule. The significance of this remains to be seen of course. Ok I get it.

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-04-03 Thread Tom Caylor
On Apr 3, 3:12 am, Bruno Marchal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Günther, Le 02-avr.-08, à 20:16, Günther Greindl a écrit : Dear Bruno, Yes. The comp intelligible matter hypostases give the modal logic corresponding to quantum logic, except that I loose the necessitation rule. The

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-04-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
Gear Günther, Le 31-mars-08, à 19:01, Günther Greindl a écrit : Dear Bruno, The things I am unclear about are: 1) maximally complete computational histories going through a state - what are these? We assume comp ok? So for example, my current relative mind state can be associated

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-04-02 Thread Günther Greindl
Dear Bruno, Yes. The comp intelligible matter hypostases give the modal logic corresponding to quantum logic, except that I loose the necessitation rule. The significance of this remains to be seen of course. Ok I get it. I will reread your papers :-) (too much new stuff in one reading)

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-31 Thread Günther Greindl
Dear Bruno, The things I am unclear about are: 1) maximally complete computational histories going through a state - what are these? We assume comp ok? So for example, my current relative mind state can be associated with a computational state. By Church thesis, this state is accessed

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-28 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:56:48AM -0500, Jason Resch wrote: I am in complete disagreement with Searle's assertion that consciousness is a physical property. I'm with you on this one. Searle's suggestion sound bizarre to me, without further evidence to back it up. Where you and I might

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-28 Thread marc . geddes
Hi guys, Well, Bruno may be interested to know that I've finally come around to COMP. I do now agree, everything emerges from mathematics. Nevertheless, the mathematical world does *appear* to seperate into three different domains; *physical* (material), *teleological* (goal directed) and

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Jason, Le 28-mars-08, à 01:07, Jason a écrit : To expand on Günther's question: If we equate computational states with mind states as COMP assumes, This could be a misleading way to present the thing, especially in front of a physicalist which most of the time tends to equate a

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Marc, Le 28-mars-08, à 08:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi guys, Well, Bruno may be interested to know that I've finally come around to COMP. OK. I do now agree, everything emerges from mathematics. Nevertheless, the mathematical world does *appear* to seperate into three

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-28 Thread marc . geddes
On Mar 28, 11:08 pm, Bruno Marchal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Marc, Le 28-mars-08, à 08:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi guys, Well, Bruno may be interested to know that I've finally come around to COMP. OK. I do now agree, everything emerges from mathematics.  

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Günther, Le 25-mars-08, à 13:35, Günther Greindl a écrit : Dear Bruno, I have used the Easter holidays to read again through your SANE 2004 paper, and I have a question regarding step 7. (I am fine with step 1-6, step 8 seems OK but I will withhold judgment until I understand step 7

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-27 Thread Jason
To expand on Günther's question: If we equate computational states with mind states as COMP assumes, and if this universe is computable, would that imply the universe itself can be considered a singular mind? I think this is a consistent viewpoint not contradicted by experience. Of course I

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-27 Thread Michael Rosefield
Surely consciousness is both granular (much of what we are conscious of is pre-processed by the brain and body, and not part of our direct experience. This gives a huge amount of leeway for underlying ambiguity) and limiting (two people holding hands or talking do not become one conscious entity).

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-27 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 05:07:30PM -0700, Jason wrote: To expand on Günther's question: If we equate computational states with mind states as COMP assumes, and if this universe is computable, would that imply the universe itself can be considered a singular mind? I think this is a

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-27 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Michael Rosefield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Surely consciousness is both granular (much of what we are conscious of is pre-processed by the brain and body, and not part of our direct experience. This gives a huge amount of leeway for underlying ambiguity) and

Re: UDA Step 7

2008-03-27 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Russell Standish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The situation is surely more subtle. To recognise a physical process as a computation requires an observer to interpret it as such. One of the key features of conscious is the ability to recognise a certain

UDA Step 7

2008-03-25 Thread Günther Greindl
Dear Bruno, I have used the Easter holidays to read again through your SANE 2004 paper, and I have a question regarding step 7. (I am fine with step 1-6, step 8 seems OK but I will withhold judgment until I understand step 7 ;-) The things I am unclear about are: 1) maximally complete