Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-09-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Sep 2016, at 09:20, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Am 29.08.2016 um 15:02 schrieb Bruno Marchal: ... Irrealism on the other hand states the the external world is a part of the virtual world. I guess that Bruno's theory is close to irrealism. Except it is not a theory, but a theorem (in

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-09-04 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
Am 29.08.2016 um 15:02 schrieb Bruno Marchal: ... Irrealism on the other hand states the the external world is a part of the virtual world. I guess that Bruno's theory is close to irrealism. Except it is not a theory, but a theorem (in the mechanist theory, which of course is not mine).

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Aug 2016, at 11:29, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: I have found a nice paper Jan Westerhoff, What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain, Erkenntnis (2016) 81:507–528 The author considers the logical consequences from the theory that the brain generates a virtual world.

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-29 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > That would imply that people in sensory deprivation tanks would dream. I > don't think they do though they experience sensory illusions. > > Of course the interesting question is why do we sleep. When you're asleep >

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-28 Thread Brent Meeker
That would imply that people in sensory deprivation tanks would dream. I don't think they do though they experience sensory illusions. Of course the interesting question is why do we sleep. When you're asleep you're not actually deprived of sensory perception. Most people will awake

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-28 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
Am 28.08.2016 um 18:07 schrieb Jason Resch: Why do we dream? I think it is because the brain is a dreaming machine. Waking life is merely a dream kept roughly in sync with reality through clues passed in from the senses. But this is exactly the question. What reality is for someone that

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-28 Thread Jason Resch
Why do we dream? I think it is because the brain is a dreaming machine. Waking life is merely a dream kept roughly in sync with reality through clues passed in from the senses. Jason On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: > I have found a nice paper > > Jan

What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-28 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
I have found a nice paper Jan Westerhoff, What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain, Erkenntnis (2016) 81:507–528 The author considers the logical consequences from the theory that the brain generates a virtual world. Below is how Richard Dawkins describes the theory