[MD] dualism redux

[Kevin Perez]

Hello Ian,
 
> Clearly the MoQ "supports" a S/O view of the world, a dualist view,
> but the whole point is that as a metaphysics it is based on a view
> that says Quality preceeds all subjects and objects.
 
Yes.
 
> So [the MoQ] is itself a Monism.
 
No.  Quality is the monism.
 
> When you say "interaction is everything" any MoQist would agree with
> you. Quality is that "interaction" - the interaction from which things
> like subjects and objects arise, for our pragmatic convenience and
> language.
 
Yes.  And so its disappointing to see language that reads like _the MoQ is
everything_.
 
> BTW the "brain in a vat" thought experiments preceed Penrose I think.
> There is a good one by Dennett in Minds-I in which more and more of
> the sensory and motor systems are replaced by robotic systems in
> unusual locations - the question of "where am I" becomes interesting
> ;-)
 
And let's not forget the The Matrix trilogy.
 
If memory serves Penrose was arguing against strong AI and the notion that
consciousness could be "created" in a machine.
 

Kevin

 
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