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From: Bernardo <anonymous_metaphys...@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggestions for articles or points of discussion?
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I'd thought about this, Josh. The problem was that I didn't think I could 
write anything original. David Chalmers has written extensively about 
emergence and consciousness, including all problems related to it. For all 
his papers on the subject, check this out: http://consc.net/papers.html. 
Here is a specific paper that has a fairly exhaustive treatment of the 
topic:  http://consc.net/papers/nature.pdf. So I'm still struggling to see 
if I can articulate something new here... if I do, I'll write it! For the 
sake of completeness, here is a summary of my position: _STRONG_ emergence 
amounts to magic; it's an admission of intellectual defeat a la Deus ex 
machina and explains absolutely nothing. It merely places a label on an 
explanatory vacuum. Cheers, Bernardo.

On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:20:05 AM UTC+1, Bernardo wrote:
>
> Hey guys, 
> I've been writing recently based solely on what thoughts come to my 
> mind and what I feel compelled to write. But I'd love to get feedback 
> from you, on an on-going basis, about topics you find interesting and 
> would like to see approached/discussed in the blog. Let me know if you 
> have suggestions? The more specific your suggestions are, the easier 
> it would be for me! 
> Cheers, Bernardo.


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I'd thought about this, Josh. The problem was that I didn't think I could write anything original. David Chalmers has written extensively about emergence and consciousness, including all problems related to it. For all his papers on the subject, check this out:&nbsp;<a href="http://consc.net/papers.html">http://consc.net/papers.html</a>. Here is a specific paper that has a fairly exhaustive treatment of the topic:&nbsp;
<a href="http://consc.net/papers/nature.pdf">http://consc.net/papers/nature.pdf</a>. So I'm still struggling to see if I can articulate something new here... if I do, I'll write it! For the sake of completeness, here is a summary of my position: _STRONG_ emergence amounts to magic; it's an admission of intellectual defeat a la Deus ex machina and explains absolutely nothing. It merely places a label on an explanatory vacuum. Cheers, Bernardo.<br><br>On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:20:05 AM UTC+1, Bernardo wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">Hey guys,
<br>I've been writing recently based solely on what thoughts come to my
<br>mind and what I feel compelled to write. But I'd love to get feedback
<br>from you, on an on-going basis, about topics you find interesting and
<br>would like to see approached/discussed in the blog. Let me know if you
<br>have suggestions? The more specific your suggestions are, the easier
<br>it would be for me!
<br>Cheers, Bernardo.</blockquote>
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