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Started by Sophus, April 09, 2010, 02:35:05 AM

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Whitney

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Quote from: "fdesilva"To feel does it not imply that there is something ( entity )within the Conscious experience that is the recipient of the feeling?

We are talking about the system as a whole so it doesn't make sense to speak of the feeler as a separate entity.

Why would it not make sense. Lets say we have a consciouss computer, Now if we were to say it can see a monkey, Do we mean that each and every cmponent including its casing can see a monkey?
Or our we saying that an image of a monkey created by a camera has become the focal point of some set of components within?

The system as a whole sees the monkey.

fdesilva

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Quote from: "fdesilva"Why would it not make sense. Lets say we have a consciouss computer, Now if we were to say it can see a monkey, Do we mean that each and every cmponent including its casing can see a monkey?
Or our we saying that an image of a monkey created by a camera has become the focal point of some set of components within?

The system as a whole sees the monkey.
If we replace the camera with a bit stream that is a recording of a camera output of a monkey, will the system cease to be conscious?

Whitney


elliebean

Quote from: "fdesilva"If we replace the camera with a bit stream that is a recording of a camera output of a monkey, will the system cease to be conscious?

If I read one more word written by you, I fear, I will cease to be conscious.  :drool
[size=150]â€"Ellie [/size]
You can’t lie to yourself. If you do you’ve only fooled a deluded person and where’s the victory in that?â€"Ricky Gervais