Re: Why is Church's thesis a Miracle?

On 9/17/2018 10:21 AM, John Clark wrote: />It can be duplicated, but it cannot feel the split. / If a brain can't feel the split when its duplicated, and I agree it can't, then EVERYTHING (my capitalization) was so successfully duplicated that what the 2 brains were doing, mind, was

Re: The codical-material universe

On 9/17/2018 2:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Sep 2018, at 22:31, Brent Meeker wrote: On 9/16/2018 11:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: No problem. I can explain why you will need a non computationalist theory of mind. Given that there is no evidence at all for primary matter, nor for a

Re: Why is Church's thesis a Miracle?

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 5:04 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: >>that says you should look for the simplest explanation and that is not >> induction. Induction is not about explanations. Every animal with a nervous >> system employs induction, even snails. > > > *> Yes, even jumping spider. That is why

Realistic computationalism

Realistic computationalism (draft 2018-09-17) 0. The term "realistic computationalism" is meant to suggest a computationalism* based on the practical approach (software and hardware production, both "conventional" and "unconventional") to computing, rather than the completely theoretical (or

Re: The codical-material universe

> On 16 Sep 2018, at 22:31, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 9/16/2018 11:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> No problem. I can explain why you will need a non computationalist theory of >> mind. >> >> Given that there is no evidence at all for primary matter, nor for a non >> computationalist

Re: Combinators 1 (Introduction)

> On 17 Sep 2018, at 05:55, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 2:05 PM Bruno Marchal > wrote: > Hi Jason, > > >> On 5 Aug 2018, at 05:24, Jason Resch > > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 2:19 PM Bruno