... OK. I remember this point raised by philosophers of computation. I think there should be an article about this in Computationalism: The Next Generation,...
... If you think Godel contradicted the law of the excluded middle, this may mean you have not carefully read Godel's own philosophical work. You might want to...
Greetings fellow philosophers! Jim had requested for some explanation. Here is an example. Given experience, predict the future. The method should be ...
See Chaitin's "Gödel's Theorem and Information" http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/CDMTCS/chaitin/georgia.html This is great stuff, but again, Godel and Chaitin...
Hello there, I enjoyed a moment of recreation yesterday which I would like to share with you. I was considering category theoretical models of mind. That is, I...
Greetings fellow philosophers, Please consider my new and somewhat radical theory of mind. I give you "The Simulacra Theory of Mind": The mind is a universal...
So Davidson was teaching Quine how to surf. Have a look :) ... Subject: [analytic] "Somewhere in California" (Was: Grice) Date: Tuesday 30 March 2004 07:30 ...
Hi Eray, Just thought of something else that I felt would be good to share, fwiw. I was reading on c.a.p. about the sense of humor thing, and because humor...
... method should be ... means to ... This example is disappointing, Eray. Given anybody's experience in lottery, one would very much like to predict the...
Hello Klaus, Nice to hear from you. ... Of course. However, I was referring to such work as Ray Solomonoff's which offers general purpose computational methods...
... Hi Eray, nice to be here. ... consistent ... Solomonoff's which ... Will take R. Solomonoff as homework, thanks. ... method for ... approximate ... dealing...
... [snip] I'll respond in a while. Meanwhile, I suggest members of this group to take note of the discussion. It doesn't get any more interesting than this. ...
Hi Eray, having read the paper you suggested (and some of the related material), I came to believe the work of R. Solomonoff is the work of a great man. He...
Hi Eray, how about "E. Durfee. What your computer really needs to know, you learned in kindergarten. In 10th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence,...
... It doesn't talk too much about computation in the neural basis in face recognition, except to state that face recognition requires a special processor and...
I kindly request Klaus and others to comment on my c.a.p post. Best Regards, ... Subject: Re: Godel Incompleteness Date: Friday 30 April 2004 15:06 From:...
Hi Eray, I hope this thread on c.a.p is still going on :-D /Klaus P.S. have you seen - http://www.webamused.com/blogosophy/archives/000304.html ... ...
Greetings, The following is a review I had originally written for amazon.com, I hope it proves informative about this most significant book of philosophy. Best...
... I hope it ... It did [prove informative] and thank you very much! Unfortunately amazon.com's links for purchasing this book result in server error messages...
... amazon.com, ... philosophy. ... in ... You are welcome. The effort is best spent, then. I must add that, as Torkel Franzel mentioned, the essays are ...
Greetings, Is digital philosophy still alive? :) I'm forwarding you this nice post about positivism written by none other than Seth Sharpless, and not only out...
Ray, Thank you for eloquently stating many of the same "feelings" I have stumbled through from the age of cognition. Human nature to understand or "picturing"...
... You're welcome, Charles. ... wait for enlightenment. I've actually been trying that, with some degree of success. At least I always feel better after...
[explanation for ai-philosophy and theory-edge: in this post I explicate a toy theory of elegant language] Hello Seth, Interesting. These comments of yours...
Ray (and anyone else who would like to comment), I to have struggled with visualizing the dual nature of reality. How can it be one field of energy with...