Re: Conscious reply to Stathis

2012-12-30 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:17 AM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Stathis, I am afraid you took the easy way out. Let me interject in ITALICS into your post-text below JohnM On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 9:41 AM,

1p, 3p and the black box of 2p

2012-12-30 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal . IMHO, which you don't have to agree with, 3p is completely differnt from 1p Here's how I see the whole picture: 1p = physical input signal from outside world into brain - (2p = the mind's black box of mental (not brain) signal processing) --- --- 3p = physical

The Black Box Consciousness Model [Objective Brain/Body-Subjective Mind/Mental-Objective Brain/Body].

2012-12-30 Thread Roger Clough
The Black Box Consciousness Model [Objective Brain/Body-Subjective Mind/Mental-Objective Brain/Body]. Here's how I now see the whole mindbrain consciousness complex: I (physical input signal, brain/body, objective) --- II (Consciousness [nonphysical black box signal processing] ,

Re: A few definitions of the categories and two examples of their use (in perception)

2012-12-30 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/29/2012 12:32 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: In french we say popularly that about taste and color we don't argue. (Des goûts et des couleurs on ne discute pas). That's because Francophones have no taste,

Re: Re: Three things that one cannot prove or disprove

2012-12-30 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch Yes, that I am reading this proves to me that I am conscious, but not to you, which is what I mean by proof. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/30/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Jason

On John Dewey

2012-12-30 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Platonist Guitar Cowboy Dewey has always fascinated me because of the sweeping power of his ideas, his blunt originality, and his emphasis on doing. But his relativism is nowadays a bit too much for me (IMHO), in my conservative old age. He might be called the father of progressivism, so I

Re: Ten top-of-my-head arguments against multiverses

2012-12-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Dec 2012, at 20:51, Brian Tenneson wrote: Why not take the categories of all categories (besides that Lawyere tried that without to much success, except rediscovering Grothendieck topoi). I'm more interested in the smallest mathematical object in which all mathematical

Re: Three things that one cannot prove or disprove

2012-12-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Dec 2012, at 21:15, meekerdb wrote: On 12/29/2012 4:56 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Bruno Marchalmarc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: It's possible to prove that computers can be conscious if it can be proved that the physical movement of the parts of the

Re: A few definitions of the categories and two examples of their use (in perception)

2012-12-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Dec 2012, at 21:32, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: Hi Bruno, On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 29 Dec 2012, at 16:07, Roger Clough wrote: The classic example 3p= thirdness= is when I react to the pain Hmm.. this is the idea, except that

Re: A few definitions of the categories and two examples of their use (in perception)

2012-12-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Dec 2012, at 22:08, meekerdb wrote: On 12/29/2012 12:32 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: In french we say popularly that about taste and color we don't argue. (Des goûts et des couleurs on ne discute pas). That's because Francophones have no taste, they just try to sell the

Re: 1p, 3p and the black box of 2p

2012-12-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 Dec 2012, at 13:35, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal . IMHO, which you don't have to agree with, 3p is completely differnt from 1p Better not agreeing, as this limit the interest of conversing. Here's how I see the whole picture: 1p = physical input signal from outside

A Systems Theory Approach to the Mind/Body Problem (ver. 1)

2012-12-30 Thread Roger Clough
A Systems Theory Approach to the Mind/Body Problem (ver. 1) The Black Box theory of Mind as given below suggests that the mind/body problem may be expressed analogously as a system theory in which mental consciousness or subjectivity is the time activity of the physical brain expressed in

Re: Fw: the world as mathematical. was pythagoras right after all ?

2012-12-30 Thread Brian Tenneson
Is there a physical object that exists physically which is not isomorphic to a mathematical object, having mathematical existence? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To view this discussion on the web visit

Re: A Systems Theory Approach to the Mind/Body Problem (ver. 1)

2012-12-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, December 30, 2012 12:41:33 PM UTC-5, rclough wrote: A Systems Theory Approach to the Mind/Body Problem (ver. 1) The Black Box theory of Mind as given below suggests that the mind/body problem may be expressed analogously as a system theory in which mental consciousness or

Re: Conscious reply to Stathis

2012-12-30 Thread John Mikes
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.comwrote: St: --Are you unsure if you're conscious?-- *No, I am human, so I THINK I am sure. That is no evidence. See my note to your next * *remark:* - St: --Do you deny that there is even an APPEARANCE of an

Re: Can the physical brain possibly store our memories ? No.

2012-12-30 Thread John Mikes
Bruno: thanks for the TITLE of your post including the * N O * . John Mikes (*Subject:* Re: Can the physical brain possibly store our memories ? No.) ) On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 22 Dec 2012, at 12:16, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal

Re: A Systems Theory Approach to the Mind/Body Problem (ver. 1)

2012-12-30 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/30/2012 3:36 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, December 30, 2012 12:41:33 PM UTC-5, rclough wrote: A Systems Theory Approach to the Mind/Body Problem (ver. 1) The Black Box theory of Mind as given below suggests that the mind/body problem may be expressed analogously

Re: Fw: the world as mathematical. was pythagoras right after all ?

2012-12-30 Thread meekerdb
On 12/30/2012 11:23 AM, Brian Tenneson wrote: Is there a physical object that exists physically which is not isomorphic to a mathematical object, having mathematical existence? If it exists physically then it has at least one attribute that no mathematical object has. Brent -- You received