Which one did you have? Was it good? (I only know his papers) Cheers, Günther
Bruno Marchal wrote: > Gosh, you make me realize that I have lost my book by Steinhart. . I > did appreciated it some time ago. Thanks for the references. > > Best, > > Bruno > > > On 09 Jan 2009, at 21:26, Günther Greindl wrote: > >> Hello, >> >>> My domain is theology. scientific and thus agnostic theology. I >>> specialized my self in Machine's theology. Or Human's theology once >>> assuming comp. The UDA shows (or should show) that physics is a >>> branch >>> of theology, so that the AUDA makes Machine's theology experimentally >>> refutable. >>> >>> Will machines go to paradise? >> Some related work: >> >> http://www.ericsteinhart.com/abstracts.html >> >> Especially: >> >> Steinhart, E. (2004) Pantheism and current ontology. Religious Studies >> 40 (1), 1 - 18. >> >> ABSTRACT: Pantheism claims: (1) there exists an all-inclusive unity; >> and >> (2) that unity is divine. I review three current and scientifically >> viable ontologies to see how pantheism can be developed in each. They >> are: (1) materialism; (2) platonism; and (3) class-theoretic >> pythagoreanism. I show how each ontology has an all-inclusive >> unity. I >> check the degree to which that unity is: eternal; infinite; complex; >> necessary; plentiful; self-representative; holy. I show how each >> ontology solves the problem of evil (its theodicy) and provides for >> salvation (its soteriology). I conclude that platonism and >> pythagoreanism have the most divine all-inclusive unities. They >> support >> sophisticated contemporary pantheisms. >> >> >> and >> >> Steinhart, E. (2003) Supermachines and superminds. Minds and >> Machines 13 >> (1), 155 - 186. >> >> ABSTRACT: If the computational theory of mind is right, then minds are >> realized by computers. There is an ordered complexity hierarchy of >> computers. Some finite state machines realize finitely complex minds; >> some Turing machines realize potentially infinitely complex minds. >> There >> are many logically possible computers whose powers exceed the >> Church-Turing limit (e.g. accelerating Turing machines). Some of these >> supermachines realize superminds. Superminds perform cognitive >> supertasks. Their thoughts are formed in infinitary languages. They >> perceive and manipulate the infinite detail of fractal objects. They >> have infinitely complex bodies. Transfinite games anchor their social >> relations. >> >> >> >> Especially the first paper (concerning Pythagorenaism) is interesting. >> >> Best Wishes, >> Günther >> > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > > > > -- Günther Greindl Department of Philosophy of Science University of Vienna guenther.grei...@univie.ac.at Blog: http://www.complexitystudies.org/ Thesis: http://www.complexitystudies.org/proposal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
