Maybe it will help to make the sense-primitive view clearer if we think of sense and motive as input and output.
This is only a step away from Comp, so it should not be construed to mean that I am defining sense and motive as merely input and output. My purpose here is just to demonstrate that Comp takes so much for granted that it is not even viable as a primitive within its own definitions. Can we all agree that the notion of input and output is ontologically essential to the function of computation? Is there any instance in which a computation is employed in which no program or data is input and from which no data is expected as output? This would suggest that computation can only be defined as a meaningful product in a non-comp environment, otherwise there would be no inputting and outputting, only instantaneous results within a Platonic ocean of arithmetic truth. Where do we find input and output within arithmetic though? What makes it happen without invoking a physical or experiential context? As an aside, its interesting to play with the idea of building a view of computation from a sensory-motive perspective. When we use a computer to automate mental tasks it could be said that we are 'unputting' the effort that would have been required otherwise. When we use a machine to emulate our own presence in our absence, such as a Facebook profile, we are "onputting" ourselves in some digital context. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
