RE: What Computationalism is and what it is *not*

From: John M <jamikes.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 06:49:55 -0700 (PDT)

--- Lee Corbin <lcorbin.domain.name.hidden> wrote:

> Norm writes...
>
SNIP
> "Computationalism" is yet another claim. It's the
> notion that all of
> our own thoughts as well could be implemented on a
> Turing Machine in
> a way that would deliver to us just as much
> experiential satisfaction.
>
> Lee
>
Another view:
According to Robert Rosen (who so far identified in
the best ways those scanty views about his
'complexity' or my 'wholistic thinking') said about a
difference between machine and natural system (my
wording)that the former is a design within boundaries
while the latter is occurring without boundaries in
connection with the totality - and eo ipso is not
TM-computable. I like the word for such: impredicative
as subject to unrestricted (unlimited) number and
quality of variables with impact of changes beyond the
(snapshot) view we observe.
I believe 'our own (present-day) thoughts are that
much simplistic that a TM CAN provide 'experiential'
satisfaction. Comprehending the wholeness (tatality)
is beyond our mind's 2005-level capability.
Which does not translate in shoving it under the rug.

John Mikes
Received on Wed Sep 07 2005 - 09:52:16 PDT