Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread David Nyman
On 16 March 2012 05:57, John Clark wrote: >> > it is obvious that you have seen the point that the first person are no >> > duplicable from their first person point of view. > > To me that is about as far from "obvious" as you can get! And you can't > explain to me what's so original about the or

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Mar 2012, at 07:44, meekerdb wrote: On 3/15/2012 10:57 PM, John Clark wrote: > if you deny the 1-indeterminacy, I see no difference from this "1-indeterminacy" thing of yours and plain old fashioned indeterminacy, either way you can't always know what you will see until you see it

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Mar 2012, at 13:47, David Nyman wrote: On 16 March 2012 05:57, John Clark wrote: it is obvious that you have seen the point that the first person are no duplicable from their first person point of view. To me that is about as far from "obvious" as you can get! And you can't expla

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM, David Nyman wrote: > What is intended by "the first person are no duplicable from their first > person point of view" is just the mundane assumption that any subjective > point of view is always limited to that of a single, localised individual. Evolution has cr

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/3/16 John Clark > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM, David Nyman wrote: > > > What is intended by "the first person are no duplicable from their first >> person point of view" is just the mundane assumption that any subjective >> point of view is always limited to that of a single, localised

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/3/16 Quentin Anciaux > > > 2012/3/16 John Clark > >> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM, David Nyman wrote: >> >> > What is intended by "the first person are no duplicable from their >>> first person point of view" is just the mundane assumption that any >>> subjective point of view is always

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread David Nyman
On 16 March 2012 17:28, John Clark wrote: >> > since by assumption each successor must be restricted to a single, >> > localised experience That's the whole point of this step in the UDA >> > reasoning. > > > I know, and that's exactly the problem. OK, now we may be getting somewhere. If that's

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Mar 16, 1:57 pm, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > So your point is that you would feel at both place at once ??? If that's > not an extraordinary claim... don't know what is. This is interesting I think as it leads directly back to the symbol grounding (Chinese Room) problem, which is a problem creat

Re: The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

2012-03-16 Thread John Mikes
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 14 Mar 2012, at 21:34, John Mikes wrote: > > >>Craig and Brent: > "Free Will" is not a matter of faith. One does not "believe "IN" it, or > not". > (Of course this is a position in my (agnostic) worldview - my 'belief' ha > ha).<< > >

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 3/16/2012 3:09 PM, David Nyman wrote: On 16 March 2012 17:28, John Clark wrote: since by assumption each successor must be restricted to a single, localised experience That's the whole point of this step in the UDA reasoning. I know, and that's exactly the problem. OK, now we may be gett

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread John Clark
Bruno Marchal wrote: >>If he knew he was duplicated both would mention it, if he didn't neither >> would. >> > > >The point is that he cannot perceive it. he can not known it by any > personal observation, > So you're saying that neither the original nor the copy can feel the duplication, it doe

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >So your point is that you would feel at both place at once ??? If that's > not an extraordinary claim... don't know what is. > One macroscopic object being at 2 places at the same time would indeed be extraordinary, but 2 objects being in

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread meekerdb
On 3/16/2012 9:05 PM, John Clark wrote: >The point is that he cannot perceive it. he can not known it by any personal observation, So you're saying that neither the original nor the copy can feel the duplication, it does not enter their consciousness, it does not change their conscio

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread meekerdb
On 3/16/2012 9:05 PM, John Clark wrote: > *in both cities* he will feel to survive *one and entire in only one city*. Correct, therefore we can conclude that the Helsinki man will feel he has survived in both cities because HE HAS BEEN DUPLICATED and is now *in both cities*. But having

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-16 Thread meekerdb
On 3/16/2012 9:05 PM, John Clark wrote: > Each of them cannot know what the other feels. True, so the Washington man is not the Moscow man, although both are the Helsinki man. For some things like the integers H, M and W if H=M and H= W then M=W, It does work for everything because it