(February 1, 2016 at 6:31 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I understand -why- you are trying to apply the "identity of indiscernibles" to the brain and mind…you are arbitrarily separating the human brain from its biological function (of generating consciousness) for the purpose of being able to hold them up next to each other and say, "look! They are different! The brain is not the same as the mind… I don't understand why you think sensory/sensual experience is NOT a physical process, or how you could ever possibly justify that point of view.
In concept, some functions could be realized in multiple ways (keywords “multiple realizability”). People can use a word processor on a Mac or a PC. The function performed does not appear to depend on any particular physical composition.
(February 1, 2016 at 6:31 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: …Jackson later reneged on his conclusions regarding the non-physical knowledge Mary supposedly learned, and declared the set-up of his thought experiment flawed.
Yes, I was aware of that he did. That’s why I referred to his initial claim. His reconsideration has not stopped many others from continuing to opine on the thought experiment. I retracted my prior atheism. I imagine you consider my former position the correct one.
