Dear Jesse,
I must apologize for my post last night, I had drunk a little too much
beer. ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Mazer" <lasermazer.domain.name.hidden>
To: <stephenk1.domain.name.hidden>; <everything-list.domain.name.hidden.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: Bitstrings, Ontological Status and Time
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> The mind/body problem, the problem of what "qualia" are and where they
> come from, is not something you're likely to solve with a mathematical
> proof. But again, I see no reason why the problem becomes any easier to
> solve if we assume there is a world of physical particles separate from
> the world of mathematical forms.
I am arguing exactly that, that assuming a duality at some ontological
level makes it easier to solve the problem. For much of the basic ideas
please read the paper found here:
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/pratt95rational.html
Stephen
Received on Sat May 07 2005 - 10:51:22 PDT