Abstract
This essay explores the implications of the thesis that implementation is semantic interpretation. Implementation is (at least) a ternary relation: I is an implementation of an 'Abstraction A in some medium M. Examples are presented from the arts, from language, from computer science and from cognitive science, where both brains and computers can be understood as implementing a 'mind Abstraction. Implementations have side effects due to the implementing medium; these can account for several puzzles surrounding qualia. Finally, an argument for benign panpsychism is developed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 385-417 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2005 |
Keywords
- Implementation
- Panpsychism
- Qualia
- Semantic interpretation
- Simulation
- Syntactic semantics
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