On 6/19/2021 4:12 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
/> For example, wee could rule out many theories and narrow
down on those that accept "organizational invariance" as
Chalmers defines it. This is the principle that if one entity
is consciousness, and another entity is organizationally and
functionally equivalent, preserving all the parts and
relationships among its parts, then that second entity must be
equivalently conscious to the first./
Personally I think that principle sounds pretty reasonable, but I
can't prove it's true and never will be able to.
Chalmers presents a proof of this in the form of a reductio ad absurdum.
But that's not very helpful since it leaves open that many other systems
that are not functionally and organizationally equivalent may also be
conscious. Computers are not functionally and organizationally
equivalent to people. In fact I can't think of anything that is.
Brent
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