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Article #453Re: Dualism
From: Daryl McCullough
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 04:17
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 04:17
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In article <Bx3t8w.D75@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, chalmers@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (David Chalmers) writes: >While it is true that there are many functional descriptions of a >system, that does not mean that such descriptions are not objective. >Whether a system instantiates a given functional organization is an >objective matter, it seems to me (modulo Putnam/rock worries -- let's >not get into those again). The problem for me is that I don't know of an objective, coherent, nontrivial notion of functional organization. To be nontrivial, it has to be the case that two systems that are behaviorally identical can have different functional organizations. Daryl McCullough ORA Corp. Ithaca, NY
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Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!psinntp!psinntp!scylla!daryl From: daryl@oracorp.com (Daryl McCullough) Subject: Re: Dualism Message-ID: <1992Nov5.041758.16880@oracorp.com> Organization: ORA Corporation Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 04:17:58 GMT Lines: 17