Re: Dreaming On

2009-09-14 Thread David Nyman
2009/9/14 Brent Meeker : > So then question then becomes how close together do the intermediate points > have to > be to constitute the "same" experience. > An interesting question. We might investigate it empirically by noting how > closely the > brain processes during one experience of X are

Re: Dreaming On

2009-09-14 Thread David Nyman
2009/9/2 Brent Meeker : >> I'm afraid that still doesn't work. I realise it's counter intuitive, >> but this is the point - to recalibrate the intuitions. 'Standard' CTM >> postulates that the mind is a computation implemented by the brain, >> and hence in principle implementable by any physica

Re: The seven step series

2009-09-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Sep 2009, at 09:21, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Next post: Cantor theorem(s). There is NO bijection between N and > N^N. I will perhaps show that there is no bijection between N and > {0, 1}^N. The proof can easily be adapted to show that there is no > bijection between N and many sets. >

Re: Yablo, Quine and Carnap on ontology

2009-09-14 Thread Flammarion
On 13 Sep, 18:12, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Marty, > > >Could you please clarify to a non-mathematician why the > > principle of excluded middle is so central to your thesis (hopefully > > without using acronyms like AUDA, UD etc.). > > Without the excluded middle (A or not A), or with

Re: Yablo, Quine and Carnap on ontology

2009-09-14 Thread Flammarion
On 13 Sep, 09:02, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 12 Sep 2009, at 16:42, Flammarion wrote: > > > > > > > On 11 Sep, 19:34, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 11 Sep 2009, at 17:45, Flammarion wrote: > > >> Once you say "yes" to the doctor, there is a clear sense in which > >> "you" (that is your third per