On 2/18/08, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, Lanier's idea is not original. Hilary Putnam, John Searle, > Tim Maudlin, Greg Egan, Hans Moravec, David Chalmers (see the paper > cited by Kaj Sotola in the original thread - > http://consc.net/papers/rock.html) have all considered variations on > the theme. At the very least, this should indicate that the idea > cannot be dismissed as just obviously ridiculous and unworthy of > careful thought.
Yes, you've shown either that, or that even some occasionally intelligent and competent philosophers sometimes take seriously ideas that really can be dismissed as obviously ridiculous -- ideas which really are unworthy of careful thought were it not for the fact that pinpointing exactly why such ridiculous ideas are wrong is so often fruitful (as in the Chalmers article). ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=96140713-a54b2b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
