[FRIAM] FW: Sober's epiphenomenator

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Sorry for reposting, and I know I ask a lot of you-all, but could some few
of you have a look at this model.  See picture above, and discussion below: 

This object was the subject of a protracted discussion amongst the
hangers-on at Friday's vMeeting of FRIAM.  Upon reflection, I have come to
the conclusion that it can be used to explicate almost any problem,
including intentionality, referential opacity, epiphenomenality, selection
of/for, the law of short-sighted striving, goal/function, design to/by,
spandrels, exaptation, abduction, actual/potential, the peculiar passions of
robots that herd, side effects, collateral damage, inert ingredients,
polyphenism, metaphors, models, simulations,  and, I would predict, a bunch
of tangled concepts in software design and AI, as well.  This machine is,
indeed, the Key To All Scriptures.  This picture courtesy of Professor
Elliott Sober, of Wisconsin's Department of Philosophy.  

 

Thanks, 

 

Nick 

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