Location

Presentation- College of Arts and Humanities

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis Presentation (Restricted to Georgia Southern)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Finbarr Curtis and Dr. William Eaton

Faculty Mentor Email

fcurtis@georgiasouthern.edu; weaton@georgiasouthern.edu

Presentation Year

2021

Start Date

26-4-2021 12:00 AM

End Date

30-4-2021 12:00 AM

Keywords

Georgia Southern University, Honors Symposium, Presentation

Description

The following thesis explores the application of machine-state functionalism in ontology. I take the position that physical things are explainable in terms of a Turing machine originating in abstracta and can, therefore, be reduced to abstracta.

Academic Unit

College of Arts and Humanities

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Ontological Functionalism: You are an Abstract Computer

Presentation- College of Arts and Humanities

The following thesis explores the application of machine-state functionalism in ontology. I take the position that physical things are explainable in terms of a Turing machine originating in abstracta and can, therefore, be reduced to abstracta.