anon_tyvo

in thread "Physicalism and Questions of Identity":

The same question can be asked about software or physical laws. Where is the software ? or where is gravity ? I think neither question is answerable. We see functional behaviour that can be described by software or physical laws. Maybe consciousness is in ... 6mo ago

The same question ca

Seems to me like gravity to you is not form but something else ? Or did you just want to give a credible answer to explain gravity ? For me, a credible explanation does not imply that something is not form. Otherwise, form could just be explained away.... 5mo ago

Seems to me like gra

Thanks for clarifying that form is meant literally. If you meant to clarify that form is a real principle in reality, I do not disagree with that statement. However, this still leaves me confused when I read >>2395 and >>2397.... 5mo ago

Thanks for clarifyin

Take the programming language that has a degree of independence from the substrate. We can take two different substrates made of two different materials. We can have two different substrates running the exact same software. These substrates will have a dif... 5mo ago

Take the programming