--- Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> I was just saying that if we take a purely
> mathematical ontology we must adress the problem of
> explaining the phenomenology of the apparent
> concrete singular substance. Even if we derive the
> physical laws from the "mathematical laws" (explaing
> the absence of wabbits), we must still explain what
> appears to be a electron, a moon, etc. I guess you
> know that ...
If we explain the appearance of physical laws,
that seems to solve the problem.
> > As you know, I would find the measure
> >distribution of conscious computations by counting
> >their implementations.
>
> And my remark was that you need to define what is an
> implementation without using a physical predicate
> (if you say that the physics is in the math). Or you
> must explain the appearence of physical predicate
> from the math. Beware vicious circles.
The types of definition I look at are applicable
to some mathematically defined system. Whether it is
"physical" or "mathematical" does not come in.
> You cannot attach consciousness to ONE program
> emulated by the UD, you need to take into account
ALL
> "similar" program.
I'm not sure what you mean. If it's that
observationalist (Liebnitz) crap, I reject that. But
the measure sums over all programs.
> You will make disappear the 3-Wabbits. But with comp
> (cf UDA) you need to make disappear the 1-wabbits
> too. (Do you remember ?)
Not well enough to know what you mean, but I never
understood the 1-crap.
> >It will have "brains" which are the sub-parts
> >giving rise to such [consciousness].
>
> With comp or with QM you will not be able to define
> in a univocal way what *is* a sub-part.
Maybe, but I don't really need to. That part is
for convenience.
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Jacques Mallah (jackmallah.domain.name.hidden)
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Received on Wed Jun 07 2000 - 14:33:40 PDT