https://philhsmith.com/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Yak Shaving Hugo -- 0.153.2 en-us Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:40:51 +0000 https://philhsmith.com/posts/panpsychism/ Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:40:51 +0000 https://philhsmith.com/posts/panpsychism/ <p>Recently I finished <a href="http://www.pgrim.org/">Prof. Patrick Grim&rsquo;s</a> &ldquo;Great Courses&rdquo; class <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/show/mind_body_philosophy"><em>Mind-Body Philosophy</em></a>. It sounds fun to see if I can articulate my own position on the questions he expounds on in the course.</p> <p>In short, I am a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_theory_of_mind">computationalist</a>: consciousness is a pattern that may appear in physical processes. I expect it can be translated into different physical processes. I think the definitional boundary separating conscious processes from other processes is subjective, even if there are common landmarks we generally agree are on one side or the other.</p>