On 27 April 2015 at 07:43, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
That all relies too much on the assumption that comp is true At the risk of pointing out the stunningly obvious, *everything* in Bruno's argument is premised on the truth of the comp thesis, summarised in the claim that consciousness is invariant for a purely digital transformation (at some level). In practice this postulate is widely accepted, even though in many if not most cases neither the assumption nor its possible consequences are made completely explicit, as Bruno is striving to do. Of course there is no compulsion to accept the premise, but once it is adopted, even hypothetically, the onus is on the challenger (Bruno included) to reveal some flaw in the derivation, e.g. an invalid inference or contradiction. That some of the consequences may be counter-intuitive does not of itself invalidate the premise. On the other hand, if you reject it at the outset, there is little further to be said. David -- 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/d/optout.
