RE: Mindfulness or Mindlessness?
September 14, 2021 at 8:33 am
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2021 at 8:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It may be more accurate (of functionalism) to say that a system desires to reach a set point determined by a thermostat to get the gist of what the statement communicates. Multiple realizability.
If to have a desire is to possess some particular state - say..mine..then nothing else can desire anything. Not you, not any other person, not a thermostat. Just me, as I'm the only possessor of that particular state. Functionalists don't see it that way...and it doesn't seem to be the case. It allows for desire in more than just me. It allows you to have desire, it allows other animals to have desire, and..yeah, it would allow machines to have desire as well...though, that's a bit redundant in context. Even though my state and your state (and everyone elses state) aren't identical...we tend to allow for them all being "desire". To a functionalist, "desire" is whatever it is that does that, in you me or a toaster.
As a consequence of this...explaining consciousness may not explain human consciousness.and explaining human consciousness may not explain consciousness. Knowing the nuts and bolts of an individual brain may provide relatively little insight into the next, and brains aren't required for consciousness. Just something that does the things our brains do.
If to have a desire is to possess some particular state - say..mine..then nothing else can desire anything. Not you, not any other person, not a thermostat. Just me, as I'm the only possessor of that particular state. Functionalists don't see it that way...and it doesn't seem to be the case. It allows for desire in more than just me. It allows you to have desire, it allows other animals to have desire, and..yeah, it would allow machines to have desire as well...though, that's a bit redundant in context. Even though my state and your state (and everyone elses state) aren't identical...we tend to allow for them all being "desire". To a functionalist, "desire" is whatever it is that does that, in you me or a toaster.
As a consequence of this...explaining consciousness may not explain human consciousness.and explaining human consciousness may not explain consciousness. Knowing the nuts and bolts of an individual brain may provide relatively little insight into the next, and brains aren't required for consciousness. Just something that does the things our brains do.
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