Le 12-juin-07, à 21:33, Tom Caylor a écrit :
> Is not "Dt?" equal to "the search for truth"?
"Dt?" could *hopefully* be *part* of "the search for truth". Unsound
machines can be consistent yet false (in the usual arithmetical sense).
> But the weakness of
> simple consistency is the unans
Hi,
I am going to have to be a bit targetted in my responses I am a TAD
whelmed at the moment.
COLIN
>> 4) Belief in 'magical emergence' qualitative novelty of a kind
utterly unrelated to the componentry.
RUSSEL
> The latter clause refers to "emergence" (without the "magical"
> qual
On Sunday 17 June 2007 02:02:28 Colin Hales wrote:
> "What is the kind of universe we must live in if the electromagnetic field
> structure of the brain delivers qualia?"
>
> A. It is NOT the universe depicted by the qualia (atoma, molecules,
> cells...). It is the universe whose innate capacity t
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:02:28AM +1000, Colin Hales wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am going to have to be a bit targetted in my responses I am a TAD
> whelmed at the moment.
>
> COLIN
> >> 4) Belief in 'magical emergence' qualitative novelty of a kind
> utterly unrelated to the componentry.
>
Hi,
RUSSEL
> All I can say is that I don't understand your distinction. You have
introduced a new term "necessary primitive" - what on earth is that? But
I'll let this pass, it probably isn't important.
COLIN
Oh no you don't!! It matters. Bigtime...
Take away the necessary primitive: no 'qualit
Colin Hales wrote:
> Hi,
>
> RUSSEL
>> All I can say is that I don't understand your distinction. You have
> introduced a new term "necessary primitive" - what on earth is that? But
> I'll let this pass, it probably isn't important.
>
> COLIN
> Oh no you don't!! It matters. Bigtime...
>
> Take
Hi Quentin,
> "What is the kind of universe we must live in if the electromagnetic field
> structure of the brain delivers qualia?"
>
> A. It is NOT the universe depicted by the qualia (atoma, molecules,
> cells...). It is the universe whose innate capacity to deliver qualia is
> taken advantage
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