Peter Jones writes:
> > > Bruno's versions of COMP must embed Platonism (passim) > > > > > > You keep saying that, and I keep telling you that I need only > > Arithmetical Realism, which is defined by the belief that classical > > logic is sound for arithmetic. > > You need a UD -- a UD which exists. Somehow, somewhere. If I could interrupt, the core of the disagreement is what Bruno calls step 8 of the UDA, invoking his movie graph and Maudlin's Olympia argument. Bruno's interpretation is that consciousness does not supevene on actual physical activity, and thereby the naked computations are freed to weave a virtual world without need of any computer on which to run. But there are other possible explanations: computationalism may be false; the accessory non-functional apparatus for handling the counterfactuals (for example, non-firing neurons in the brain) may make an instantaneous difference to conscious experience, or may make a difference by virtue of the fact that it is active in other multiverse branches; the counterfactuals may not be neccesary for consciousness and a recording may hence be conscious; some sort of primary matter in any configuration may be necessary to anchor the computations in the real world. You have to decide which of these explanations is the least incredible, and I don't think the "correct" answer really leaps out at you. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
