I repeat: show that none of your neurons have consciousness separate from your own.
Why on Earth would you think Searle’s argument shows anything, when you can’t establish that you aren’t a Chinese Gym? In order to even cast doubt on the idea that neurons are people, don’t you need to rely on functionalism or a similar premise?
(I am not sure at all about all this so please correct me if you recognise any inconsistencies)
First of all, I honestly don’t understand your claim that neurons have consciousness separate from our own. I don’t know but I surely don’t have any indication of that...
Why on Earth would you think Searle’s argument shows anything, when you can’t establish that you aren’t a Chinese Gym?
The point is that the brain is not a Touring machine since it does not seem to be digital. A Chinese Gym would still be a syntactic system that uses ‘instructions’ between people.This is related to the way Giulio Tononi is attempting to solve the problem of consciousness with his Phi theory.
I repeat: show that none of your neurons have consciousness separate from your own.
Why on Earth would you think Searle’s argument shows anything, when you can’t establish that you aren’t a Chinese Gym? In order to even cast doubt on the idea that neurons are people, don’t you need to rely on functionalism or a similar premise?
(I am not sure at all about all this so please correct me if you recognise any inconsistencies)
First of all, I honestly don’t understand your claim that neurons have consciousness separate from our own. I don’t know but I surely don’t have any indication of that...
The point is that the brain is not a Touring machine since it does not seem to be digital. A Chinese Gym would still be a syntactic system that uses ‘instructions’ between people.This is related to the way Giulio Tononi is attempting to solve the problem of consciousness with his Phi theory.