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Natesh Ganesh

2 papers in the library · publishing 2020-2021

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From Quantifying Vagueness To Pan-niftyism

arXiv Preprint Archive March 1, 2021 Natesh Ganesh

In this short paper, we will introduce a simple model for quantifying philosophical vagueness. There is growing interest in this endeavor to quantify vague concepts of consciousness, agency, etc. We will then discuss some of the implications of this model including the conditions under which the quantification of `nifty' leads to pan-nifty-ism. Understanding this leads to an interesting insight...

No Substitute for Functionalism -- A Reply to 'Falsification & Consciousness'

arXiv Preprint Archive May 28, 2020 Natesh Ganesh

In their paper 'Falsification and Consciousness' [1], Kleiner and Hoel introduced a formal mathematical model of the process of generating observable data from experiments and using that data to generate inferences and predictions onto an experience space. The resulting substitution argument built on this framework was used to show that any theory of consciousness with independent inference and...