On 09/14/2012 06:56 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
> For me, consciousness is a point of view, and any telic system has a point
> of view. Zombies are telic systems, no?
That's a great question. I would answer no. Zombies cannot be telic
(as I understand that word, of course) because they are ens
FRIAM] faith, zombies, and crazy people (was America and the
Middle East: Murder in Libya | The Economist)
On 09/14/2012 06:56 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
> For me, consciousness is a point of view, and any telic system has a
> point of view. Zombies are telic systems, no?
That's a gr
om [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On
> Behalf
> Of glen ropella
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:49 AM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: [FRIAM] faith, zombies, and crazy people (was America and the
> Middle East: Murder in Libya | The Economi
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Robert Holmes wrote:
> You guys clearly know too much about philosophy and not enough about
> zombies. Your notion that there is a single type of zombie has long been
> discredited.
Not to mention the original meaning, which is somebody who was slipped a
poison th
...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On
>> Behalf
>> Of glen ropella
>> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:49 AM
>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>> Subject: [FRIAM] faith, zombies, and crazy people (was America and the
>> Mid
..@redfish.com] On Behalf
Of Robert Holmes
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 11:19 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith, zombies, and crazy people (was America and the
Middle East: Murder in Libya | The Economist)
You guys clearly know too much ab
Here's some grounds for denying the non-zombie's account of his zombieness:
the non-zombie is mad or pig-headed or over-familiar with solipsism. Or a
combination of all three.
—R
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Nicholas Thompson <
nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> So, there
Of Robert Holmes
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 3:31 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith, zombies, and crazy people (was America and the
Middle East: Murder in Libya | The Economist)
Here's some grounds for denying the non-zombie's acco
America and the
Middle East: Murder in Libya | The Economist)
Here's some grounds for denying the non-zombie's account of his zombieness: the
non-zombie is mad or pig-headed or over-familiar with solipsism. Or a
combination of all three.
—R
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Nichola
