computer models of the mind

Posted by Nick Thompson on Jul 21, 2006; 4:44am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/computer-models-of-the-mind-tp522183.html

Carlos,

I think that was my point, although I am starting to get confused.  (see
below).

It makes no sense to speak of mind as IN the body because it is an activity
OF the body.

Nick

Nicholas Thompson
nickthompson at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson


> [Original Message]
> From: Carlos Gershenson <cgershen at vub.ac.be>
> To: <nickthompson at earthlink.net>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity
Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>

> Date: 7/19/2006 10:52:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] computer models of the mind
>
> > Minds do not, in our common talk, have arms, legs, mouths, eyes, etc.,
>
> Yes, but you cannot have a (human) mind without a body.
>
> In a similar way, you cannot have e.g. Linux running without a PC,  
> and Linux doesn't have a CPU, HD, RAM, etc...
>
> This has lead people to either aim at real world robotics as the only  
> way forward in AI, or at developing inside the computer complex  
> bodies and environments...
>
> Best regards,
>
>      Carlos Gershenson...
>      Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
>      Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium
>      http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/
>
>    ?To know your limits you need to go beyond them?
>