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www.greaterwrong.com
A Dr. Nigel Thomas has tried to show a logical self-contradiction in Chalmers' "Zombie World" or zombiphile argument, in a way that would convince Chalmers (given perfect rationality, of course). The argument concerns the claim that we can conceive of a near-duplicate of our world sharing all of its physical laws and containing apparent duplicates of us, who copy everything we say or do for the same physical reasons that lead us to do it, but who lack consciousness. Chalmers says this shows the logical possibility of Zombie World (though nobody believes that it actually exists.) He concludes from this that our world has a nonphysical "bridging law" saying that "systems with the same functional organization have the same sort of conscious experiences," and we... |
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www.preposterousuniverse.com
[AI summary] This article is a collection of discussions and perspectives on the nature of consciousness, focusing on whether it is an emergent property of complex systems. It touches on various viewpoints from different contributors, including philosophical, scientific, and even speculative theories. The discussion includes references to the role of quantum mechanics, the relationship between consciousness and the physical world, and the challenges in defining and measuring consciousness. The article also mentions the work of researchers like Sandro Sozzo and others who explore the intersection of consciousness and quantum theory. Additionally, it highlights the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in understanding consciousness, and the ongoing debat... |
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edwardfeser.blogspot.com
I am, to say the very least, not a fan of Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and foreign policy. But his straightforwardly philosophical wo... |
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wavefunction.fieldofscience.com
I n the Wall Street Journal, the physics writer Jeremy Bernstein has a fine review of a new joint biography by Gino Segre of George Gamow a... |
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