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Eric Holloway
Date
January 23, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

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Conscious Mind (book), David Chalmers (on computer consciousness), Emperor's New Mind (book), Gödel's Second Incompleteness Theorem, Non-computable concepts, Roger Penrose, Roger Penrose (on computer consciousness)}

Chalmers and Penrose Clash Over “Conscious Computers”

_{Philosopher Chalmers thinks computers could be conscious but physicist Penrose says no} _{Eric Holloway
January 23, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Two authors I’ve been reading recently are Roger Penrose and David Chalmers. Penrose is a physics Nobel laureate who has stoked controversy by claiming in The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physics (1989) that the mind can do things beyond the ability of computers. Chalmers is a philosopher of science who claims in The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory (1997) that consciousness cannot be reduced to physical processes. Both thinkers are well respected in their fields, even though they articulate positions that imply that the mind’s operation is beyond current science. At the same time, they believe that there is a way to see the mind as part of nature (that is, Read More ›

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News
Date
April 1, 2021

Categorized
Mathematics, Philosophy of Mind

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Bit Bang (book), Conscious Mind (book), Consciousness, David Chalmers, Featured, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gregory Chaitin, hard problem of consciousness, Information (types), Materialism, Monad, Panpsychism, Panpsychism (vs. materialism), Robert J. Marks, Universe (as information not matter), Universe (mathematics as origin)}

Can Mathematics Help Us Understand Consciousness?

_{Gregory Chaitin asks, what if the universe is information, not matter?} _{News
April 1, 2021

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Mathematics, Philosophy of Mind}

In last week’s podcast, “The Chaitin Interview IV: Knowability and Unknowability,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks interviewed mathematician Gregory Chaitin, best known for Chaitin’s Unknowable Number, on, among other things, consciousness. What can mathematics contribute to the discussion. Also, what does Chaitin think about panpsychism (everything is conscious”)? The discussion began with reference to David Chalmers’s 1996 book, The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory, in which Chalmers coined the term “Hard Problem of Consciousness.” The term acknowledged what everyone knew, that human consciousness is a very difficult problem to understand, especially from a materialist perspective.Are there other approaches? Chaitin offers a look at the challenge panpsychism presents to materialism: https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-127-Gregory-Chaitin.mp3 This portion begins at 28:25 Read More ›

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Mind Matters
Date
November 13, 2018

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

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Bernardo Kastrup, Conscious Mind (book), David Chalmers, Jonathan Schooler, Panpsychism, Tam Hunt}

Panpsychism: You Are Conscious but So Is Your Coffee Mug

_{Materialists have a solution to the problem of consciousness, and it may startle you} _{Mind Matters
November 13, 2018

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Philosophy of Mind}

To understand why Scientific American would take panpsychism or the "multiple personality disorder" universe seriously, one needs to begin by grasping how very hard the problem of consciousness is for materialists (naturalists). Put simply, it is easier for many today to stomach the idea that an electron is conscious than the idea that consciousness is not a material entity. Read More ›