Re: The Irrationality of Physicalism

2010-07-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 Jul 2010, at 20:17, Brent Meeker wrote: On 7/21/2010 4:12 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: logic is a confusing term. Informally non logic = error, madness, pain, ... To fight against logic is dramatic when you see how people accept so easily conclusion of invalid inference (like in the

Re: numbers?

2010-07-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
Dear John, On 21 Jul 2010, at 22:03, John Mikes wrote: Dear Bruno, on diverse lists I bounce into the 'numbers' idea - in different variations. I wonder if your position states that the world (whatever) has been 'erected' (wrong word) based on integer numbers and their additive

Implications of Tononi's IIT?

2010-07-22 Thread Allen Kallenbach
Buongiorno, Everything List! I have been lurking here since mid-2009, and had hoped to have a better intellectual foundation to support me before I posted anything of my own, but I would really like to ask this question. Giulio Tononi's Integrated Information Theory (IIT)

Re: Implications of Tononi's IIT?

2010-07-22 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/22/2010 3:33 PM, Allen Kallenbach wrote: Buongiorno, Everything List! I have been lurking here since mid-2009, and had hoped to have a better intellectual foundation to support me before I posted anything of my own, but I would really like to ask this question.

Re: Implications of Tononi's IIT?

2010-07-22 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Allen Kallenbach allenkallenb...@yahoo.cawrote: Considering this, can consciousness be Turing emulable? That is, can a Turing machine integrate information? I want to expand my question here, but I don't have the knowledge to do so without distracting