So called “symbol grounding problem”. Meaning is what information represents in a given context. Meaning can be a physical object, abstract concept, p...
Not “just information”, I said “special kind of information that carries meaning within”. Words are information, for example, but they do not contain ...
That statement was not about simulation. I do not wish to argue that computers can not, instead I want to hear the best arguments how computers actual...
Not “just information”, I said “special kind of information that carries meaning within”. Words are information, for example, but they do not contain ...
What do you mean? I don’t see much difference between external sensations and internal emotions, both feel like feelings. Cognition seems different, b...
Right now I’m not talking about simulation, but panpsychism. I’m trying to put forward the most general, metaphysical definition that everyone can agr...
How do I know what I mean if I don’t see what I said, seems to me you might be wondering if I ever ask myself about what other people ought to do more...
... Something metaphysically strange did happen somewhere in the evolutionary chain from rocks to people, and that is self-replicating molecules, i.e....
That is just about the only positive claim from panpsychism. It is generally not controversial, does not explain anything, does not make it testable, ...
Experience is an event that leaves some kind of impression on the subject. That is just English, very general metaphysical logic, does not imply mecha...
Experience is an event that leaves some kind of impression on the subject. If panpsychist wants to claim stones are sentient they should point out wha...
Yes, once you conclude no kind of mechanics could even begin to explain subjective experience, then panpsychism comes on top as the remaining alternat...
Obviously the output I was talking about is qualia. Yes, and in that case it’s the other way around - mental or abstract existence of ideas is actual,...
Chinese room is restricted by its setting, replies to it are lame. Many people believe consciousness can be simulated, so I am hoping to find somethin...
“Computer without monitor” was a metaphor, and the point is that when we look at the brain we see input and processing, but not where or what the resu...
Yes, but what is computer without display screen? All the electrons moving around electronic components is like electrochemical signaling in our brain...
Also, is that realization a thought or a feeling, cognition or intuition? Is it maybe bound to language? And if it is, perhaps by acquiring an underst...
Is consistent and incomplete supposed to be any better than inconsistent and complete? They look kind of the same to me, like partial truth is still a...
Morphic resonance, biocentrism, panpsychism, god… do we know yet what are we talking about here? Can someone sum up in a sentence exactly what new thi...
In other words, how would you arrive by computation to possibly the only certain epistemological and ontological true statement: “I think, therefore I...
Once the axioms have been postulated it is all about mechanically following the rules and procedures. But what about ontological axioms based on intui...
You pointed to a thing that needs explanation, but what is the explanation supposed to be, morphic resonance, biocentrism? What new concept or mechani...
Your English dictionary module seems to be broken. That is not an event, but process, and also collection of states it produces. Namely the process of...
It makes sense in some abstract fantasy context, as a painting for example. But circles that are not round you can not even paint because the two term...
Something like that, but calling circle “round” is not about making assumptions, it is about putting a label on a specific and certain geometrical rel...
The problem is semantic, it is about constructing a formal system for common meaning to help us communicate. Imagining then some other system of refer...
For something to exist or be real does necessarily mean it is manifested in time and space. To exist out of time is to exist never. To exist out of sp...
The same thing that prevents you, or should prevent you, to imagine our planet is actually called Penis, while knowing for a fact it is named Earth. N...
It also states that a certain thing is different to every other thing, in a way. But in any case it is vague and ambiguous statement, especially since...
An apple is an apple can refer to a whole fruit category or species, meaning apples generally share common properties that differentiate them from str...
Intuition. Some things just make innate sense, we say they are self-evident. That is the answer you are looking for. There is no deeper, more specific...
Obviously not. Nor was I talking about anything “potential”. Instead, I pointed out your failure to distinguish between “virtual” as made by software ...
"Virtual electron" (as a potential particle) is a phrase in quantum field theory. We were talking about a single word, and you even gave correct defin...
Of course. And a symbol points to something else, but it is not the actual something else. What symbol now, you may ask. Who cares! I'm just talking g...
What you're doing would be called intellectual dishonesty, if you knew what you’re doing. Do you understand the difference between "not physically exi...
It's virtual. It means it is represented as information by some other physical form rather than its actual form. Like Pacman is actual on the display ...
That is casual speech. There are differences between what is the result of a process and what results from a single state, and what results only from ...
TV reacts to abstract information in the form of electric signals and realizes them into actual physical quality in the form of real light. Which is b...
You again failed to acknowledge the phenomena that is happening on the TV screen. To put some meaning into your assertion explanation is necessary. Ho...
You are talking about passively received signal/light in both cases. In that sense a stone is also conscious of light, is that what you wish to claim?...
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