Can value exist independently of minds? @Plinzhttps://tmblr.co/ZdBr1y2hpsc_e
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I understand the mind as a set of functional mechanisms that produce a simulated universe to explain and predict sensory data and data within itself. It consists of perception, attention, memory, reasoning, and it can generate a self as part of the universe.
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Without a function that determines relevance, the functions that the mind generates will appear as meaningless patterns (even if they are highly structured). Even if you define motivation as outside of the mind (limbic vs cerebral) reward signals will only become values within it
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I think that the term mind is a legacy from folk psychology, so my motivation is to expose that and update it so we can fix our models. The referent is mereological and vague.
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