Revisions of #555
Contributors: Tom Nassis, Dennis Hackethal
Yes, and I can accept that the brain is a computer. ↵ ↵ Therefore, we might make a number of subsequent moves.↵ ↵ The mind is a computer. An individual person is a computer.↵ ↵ And yes, "not the kind of computer people traditionally think of when they hear the term, like a laptop or desktop," as Dennis states below.↵ ↵ But, the term 'computer' implies deterministic connotations.↵ ↵ David Deutsch and others talk about the 'creative program' each human possesses. This also implies determinism.↵ ↵ I know that David Deutsch and Karl Popper strongly side with free will in the free will / determinism debate.↵ ↵ But how do we articulate and explain a computer and creative program with freedom, free will, choice, agency, and autonomy?
Yes, and I can accept that the brain is a computer.
Therefore, we might make a number of subsequent moves.
The mind is a computer. An individual person is a computer.
And yes, "not the kind of computer people traditionally think of when they hear the term, like a laptop or desktop," as Dennis states below.
But, the term 'computer' implies deterministic connotations.
David Deutsch and others talk about the 'creative program' each human possesses. This also implies determinism.
I know that David Deutsch and Karl Popper strongly side with free will in the free will / determinism debate.
But how do we articulate and explain a computer and creative program with freedom, free will, choice, agency, and autonomy?
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Yes, and I can accept that the brain is a computer.↵ ↵ Therefore,↵ ↵ But, we might make a number of subsequent moves.12 unchanged lines collapsed
Yes, and I can accept that the brain is a computer.
But, we might make a number of subsequent moves.
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6 unchanged lines collapsedAnd yes, "not the kind of computer people traditionally think of when they hear the term, like a laptop or desktop," as Dennis statesbelow.↵ ↵ But,in #498.↵ ↵ But, the term 'computer' implies deterministic connotations.6 unchanged lines collapsed
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And yes, "not the kind of computer people traditionally think of when they hear the term, like a laptop or desktop," as Dennis states in #498.
But, the term 'computer' implies deterministic connotations.
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