Emulators, representations and Descartes's ghost
Mihai Vacariu, Gabriel Vacarìu · The Annals of the University of Bucharest Philosophy Series · 2010
Within the framework of epistemologically different worlds, we analyze Grush’s emulators (a return to the Cartesian framework that avoids the substantial dualism) and Wheeler’s approach of Descartes. Postulating the existence of one unique world, what we call the universe, cognitive scientists and philosophers are continuously compelled to invent all sorts of Ptolemaic epicycles for solving problems in explaining human cognition and its functions. Grush’s emulators become unnecessary if we replace the framework of unique world with epistemologically different worlds.