On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:12 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> But if any computation can be mapped onto any physical state, then
> every computation can be mapped onto one physical state; and why not
> the null state?
I guess I don't really have a clear picture of why the fact that any
computation can be mapped onto a physical state should lead to the
belief that (say) those mappings somehow support consciousnesses. I'm
not very comfortable with the idea that a stone implements all
computations. It may in fact be the case that those views are
functionally equivalent to my suggestion that mathematical facts of
the matter play the role that physical existence is supposed to play
for the materialist, but I'm sticking with the latter formulation,
because that's the one I actually understand.
-- Kory
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Received on Sat Nov 15 2008 - 21:34:23 PST