Kauffman begins applying the quantum work to the mind

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Kauffman begins applying the quantum work to the mind

December 22, 2010

But first he reviews how classical mechanics has trapped us in our current dominant view of the mind. Russell, no surprise, is one of the villains. Read on.

These posts very strongly suggests that the mind brain system NEED NOT be an algorithmic classical computer at all. I strongly suspect that our mind-brain system is one or many coupled Trans-Turing Systems.

Posted at 10:47 PM in Philosophy, Science | Permalink | Comments (2)

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At last, he's finally about to describe his theory!

Once he posts his theory, I'll be quite interested to see what various philosophers of mind (Ned Block, Jaegwon Kim, John Searle, David Chalmers, Alva Noe, Daniel Dennett) might have to say about his theory.

Posted by: Travis | December 23, 2010 at 09:12 AM

I'm reading Noe's book right now.

Posted by: Scott | December 23, 2010 at 11:11 PM

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