Testing --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@...> wrote: > > > --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@> wrote: > > Josh's reply mistakenly went only to me. So I'll quote enough of his > reply to fill in the gaps. > > > >> --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jrstern" wrote: > > > >>> It just so happens we have rather a good set of criteria > >>> for what we can call a paradigm computer, which is anything > >>> that maps directly to the descriptions in Turing's OCN. > > > >> Okay. But I would take that as involving intentions. > > > > I'm not sure what you mean. > > > > That it involves a human intention that this Pentium chip maps > > to the descriptions of a TM? > > No, that was not my point. > > It is my impression that Turing's definition involved symbols, rather > than physical characteristics. And it seems to me that when we talk of > symbols, we are implicitly talking of intentions. > > Regards, > Neil > Group Home Page: http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html Group Discussion Board: http://seanwilson.org/forum/ Google Archive: http://groups.google.com/group/Wittrs FreeList Archive: //www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs FreeList for September: //www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs/09-2009 FreeList for August: //www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs/08-2009 Group Creator's Page: http://seanwilson.org/ Today's Messages: http://alturl.com/whcf Messages From Last 3 Days: http://alturl.com/d9vz This Week's Messages: http://alturl.com/yeza Yahoo Archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wittrs/
