Re: Existence of Copies (was RE: Functionalism and People as Programs)

2005-06-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 05-juin-05, à 01:04, Lee Corbin a écrit : This is the central problem from those who are deeply concerned as to *why* 1st person experiences exist. Too bad that to me, it's just obvious that they must. I literally cannot conceive of how it could be different! (Poor me, I suppose---in some

Existence of Copies (was RE: Functionalism and People as Programs)

2005-06-04 Thread Lee Corbin
Stephen writes > > Stephen writes > > > > > I really do not want to be a stick-in-the-mud here, but > > > what do we base the idea that "copies" could exist upon? Don't worry about not going along with someone's program ;-) I think that you're just being polite by calling yourself a stick-in-the-