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Roger Penrose: Gödel, the Mind, and the Laws of Physics
Abstract
Gödel appears to have believed strongly that the human mind can find no
explanation in terms of computational physics, but he remained cautious
in formulating this belief as a rigorous consequence of his incompleteness
theorems. I shall try to present the case that a modification of the standard
arguments provides a persuasive case in support of Gödel's standpoint.
Gödel
also appears not to have considered the possibility that the laws of physics
might themselves involve non-computational procedures. Accordingly, he
found himself driven to the conclusion that mentality must lie beyond the
actions of the physical brain. I shall try to argue how and why this need not
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