Re: SV: computationalism and supervenience

From: Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:43:48 -0700

Lennart Nilsson wrote:
...
> But my point is that this may come down to what we would mean by a computer
> being
> conscious. Bruno has an answer in terms of what the computer can prove.
> Jaynes (and
> probably John McCarthy) would say a computer is conscious if it creates a
> narrative
> of its experience which it can access as memory.
>
> Brent Meeker
>
> Humphrey says it has to have an evolutionary past.
> LN

I've read some of Humphrey's books, but I don't recall that. What's his argument?
Whats the citation?

Brent Meeker

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