From: Russell Blackford (rblackford@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 25 2001 - 03:29:26 MDT
Samantha Atkins said
>It is a bit strained to speak of our "naturalistic" framework
>when we fervently
>strive to overcome all the supposed limits of our nature that we
>can. Perhaps
>transhumanism could better be set to be based upon a
>trans-naturalistic framework.
>Or don't you find the posibility of simulations within a jupiter
>brain much richer
>than the natural world we evolved in to be a bit of a stretch to
>strict naturalist
>positions?
Samantha, I think I'll end the debate here, at least my end of it and at
least for now. We seem to be speaking different languages. In particular,
"naturalistic" simply means "involving no supernatural element or factor".
This is standard philosophical usage. I am not familiar with your usage.
There is no supernatural element in the jupiter brain scenario.
At this point, I'm afraid that whatever I say will be misinterpreted in some
way and that you'll reply to an idea which I never expressed. You may well
have the equivalent fear. For all I can tell, we may both we misreading each
other wildly. I've learned that ongoing debate under these conditions is not
constructive.
I send you my best wishes and good will
Russell
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