Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-14 Thread 1Z
On 14 Apr, 17:34, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are right. UDA only shows that matter, whatever conception we can > have about it as far as it is primary, is void of any explanation power > given that we HAVE TO justify material appearances from the number > relation (by comp,

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 14-avr.-07, à 15:36, 1Z a écrit : > > > > On 11 Apr, 16:01, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Matter, as we >> see it and as we measure it relatively to our most probable >> computational histories, just cannot be primarily material. This is >> what the UDA is all about. > > Matter

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-14 Thread 1Z
On 11 Apr, 16:01, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matter, as we > see it and as we measure it relatively to our most probable > computational histories, just cannot be primarily material. This is > what the UDA is all about. Matter can be even if your argument is correct, since your

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-11 Thread John M
Bruno, addendum to my post before. You wrote: BM: But ok, you are just arguing for the non-comp assumption. [JM]: No, I just speak about 'another type' comp, a non-digital contraption that handles meaning, function, without the crutches of the (hypothetical? at least unidentified) numbers - thos

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-11 Thread John M
Dear Bruno, allow me to interleave below as [JM]: remarks. John - Original Message - From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism" Le 09-avr.-07, à 16:40, John

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 09-avr.-07, à 17:06, John M a écrit : > Thanks, Quentin. > It seems AoC is not contrary to the line I represented. > * > To your other post: I did not feel any pejorating in Peter's > "Brunoism". Bruno is appreciated with his "23rd c". views. (He joked > about it, calling the list as 100 ye

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 09-avr.-07, à 16:40, John M a écrit : > Stathis, > I am weary about the view of 'computationalism' based on that emryonic > binaryly digital toy we used yesterday. I let my tech.  immagination > wander and think about analog computers dealing in meanings and > functions rather than bits 0 o

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-10 Thread 1Z
On 8 Apr, 23:01, Quentin Anciaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: 1Z > > > Brunoism relies on Platonism as well as computationalism. > > Computationalism can be as true as tue can be, but so long as > > Platonism is false, so long as a computer needs a physical instantion, > > Brunoism does

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-09 Thread John M
x27;physical' figment of our explanatory sequence in learning about the world). My ramblings conclude into: it all may be right (in conditional). My criticism aims at triggering (teasing?) better arguments. So are my questions. Best regards John M - Original Message - F

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-09 Thread John M
M - Original Message - From: Stathis Papaioannou To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism" On 4/9/07, Quentin Anciaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: 1Z > >

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-08 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 4/9/07, Quentin Anciaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: 1Z > > > > Brunoism relies on Platonism as well as computationalism. > > Computationalism can be as true as tue can be, but so long as > > Platonism is false, so long as a computer needs a physical instantion, > > Brunoism does not fol

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-08 Thread Quentin Anciaux
> From: 1Z > > Brunoism relies on Platonism as well as computationalism. > Computationalism can be as true as tue can be, but so long as > Platonism is false, so long as a computer needs a physical instantion, > Brunoism does not follow. Brunoism doesn't follow from physicalism, > it is in oppos

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-08 Thread Quentin Anciaux
formula. Hard to beat, > especially since so far there is NO successfully applicable (not even a > dreamed-up) alternative developed sufficiently into a hopeful replacement > for the many millennia evolved 'physical view' of our reductionist > conventional science. Even

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-08 Thread 1Z
start from there if not in veritable sci-fi. Brunoism relies on Platonism as well as computationalism. Computationalism can be as true as tue can be, but so long as Platonism is false, so long as a computer needs a physical instantion, Brunoism does not follow. Brunoism doesn't follow from

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-07 Thread John M
7;physical view' of our reductionist conventional science. Even the new ways start from there if not in veritable sci-fi. John M - Original Message - From: 1Z To: Everything List Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 12:57 PM Subject: Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism&

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-07 Thread 1Z
On 3 Apr, 20:08, Brent Meeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruno Marchal wrote: > > That brings up an issue which has troubled me. Why arithmetic? It's widely agreed on. Otherwise there would e problems about the existence of those platonic objects which can only be defined with certain, disp

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 03-avr.-07, à 21:08, Brent Meeker a écrit : > > Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Hi Tim >> >> Le 03-avr.-07, à 12:03, Tim Boykett wrote (in part): >> >>>One of the recurring ideas here is that of "mathematicalism" - an >>> idea >>> that I understand to be that we perceive things as physical that h

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-03 Thread Jason
On Apr 3, 5:03 am, Tim Boykett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everythingers, > >I was introduced to this list by Jurgen Schmidhuber, who spoke at a > meeting that we had here in Linz in 2005. A very interesting meeting > with Ed Fredkin, Tom Toffoli, Karl Svozil and a few others to make

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-03 Thread Brent Meeker
Bruno Marchal wrote: > Hi Tim > > Le 03-avr.-07, à 12:03, Tim Boykett wrote (in part): > >>One of the recurring ideas here is that of "mathematicalism" - an >> idea >> that I understand to be that we perceive things as physical that have >> a certain >> mathematical structure. One of the "ev

Re: Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Tim Le 03-avr.-07, à 12:03, Tim Boykett wrote (in part): >One of the recurring ideas here is that of "mathematicalism" - an > idea > that I understand to be that we perceive things as physical that have > a certain > mathematical structure. One of the "everything" ideas that results is >

Speaking about "Mathematicalism"

2007-04-03 Thread Tim Boykett
Hello Everythingers, I was introduced to this list by Jurgen Schmidhuber, who spoke at a meeting that we had here in Linz in 2005. A very interesting meeting with Ed Fredkin, Tom Toffoli, Karl Svozil and a few others to make it a very full couple of days. One of the recurring ideas here