Profound debate, also excellent fun, about the most difficult, important question in the philosophy of mind. My two favorite cognitive scientists, Brian Cantwell Smith and @vervaeke_john, arguing opposite sides
h/t @JakeOrthweinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpu7766Rlks&feature=youtu.be …
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Around the middle of the video, John and Brian find that they are in violent agreement on many substantive points, where both strongly disagree with traditional cognitivism. Here I am in strong agreement with both of them (and reiterate my customary disdain for mainstream cogsci)
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They end by agreeing that much of the difficulty is in the nebulosity of both “consciousness” and “representation.” It’s tempting to dismiss the issues as hopelessly vague. But important; so their hashing out conflicting understandings is valuable (and fascinating!).
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Computation has no place in theory of mind. It's connectionist propaganda.
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