tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post788336224845870104..comments2024-03-29T02:29:03.388-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: Computers, minds, and AristotleEdward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-12035074214381994242009-02-26T10:36:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:36:00.000-08:00A well written article, thank you.You say: "Attemp...A well written article, thank you.<BR/><BR/>You say: "Attempts to find some computational mechanism by means of which the brain assigns significance or meaning to the world always end up surreptitiously presupposing significance or meaning, and attempts to avoid this result tend to lead to a vicious regress"<BR/><BR/>I would add the Symbol grounding problem as an example of the regress. Searle's Chinese Room is an example of Aristotle's intuition that a sense would need to be self aware to avoid the regress - Searle has the translator of Chinese hand the results to a self aware, external observer. (See <A HREF="http://newempiricism.blogspot.com/2009/02/symbol-grounding-problem.html" REL="nofollow">Symbol grounding problem</A>). There seems to be a recursion of the regress in philosophy of mind - the inability of philosophers to solve this problem led directly to eliminativism, for instance Dennett uses it in Consciousness Explained to simply mock the idea of "mind", however, ignoring something does not make it go away!Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866896441731516034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-10187612758698266452009-02-26T10:29:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:29:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866896441731516034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-16101554837233269012009-01-12T18:49:00.000-08:002009-01-12T18:49:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.com