Moreover I think Bostrom’s definitions are plenty good enough to support the arguments he makes.
I would have to reread the relevant sections before discussing this in more detail, but my impression is that Bostrom’s definitions are certainly good enough to support his argument of “this is plausible enough to be worth investigating further”. But as the SEP article correctly points out, not much of that further investigation has been done yet.
I would have to reread the relevant sections before discussing this in more detail, but my impression is that Bostrom’s definitions are certainly good enough to support his argument of “this is plausible enough to be worth investigating further”. But as the SEP article correctly points out, not much of that further investigation has been done yet.