I think I'm finally understanding the discrepency you have with physical monism. You think (correctly if I'm wrong) that physical monism says consciousness is a physical object like paper. It is not. Consciousness and the mind are a set of processes between physical things. Like an algorithm excuted by a program, the mind is to the brain. So I cannot give you a chunk of matter and say here is the mind because it is non-physical; it is a process. In the ANN example, the ANN is not the mind itself, but the processes that it has.
Please don't reply saying that physical monism is wrong because I said the mind is non-physical. That would a staw man.
In your world view, define me what is an idea and an action. How do ideas and actions interact? How do you know if something exist or not (for example, a coffee table)?
Please don't reply saying that physical monism is wrong because I said the mind is non-physical. That would a staw man.
(August 26, 2014 at 11:57 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'd have to be an ANN to know. And the reason I have to be an ANN to know is that experience is not physical, and cannot therefore be observed by anyone but the experiencer.Your answer creates one major problem. You don't know if anybody else is conscience. For example, how do you know I'm a conscience individual? So do you believe that there are third party agents? And why?
(August 26, 2014 at 11:57 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'm not conflating anything. You asked where experiences are stored, and I said that they seem to be stored in the brain. I'm not sure what your problem is with this.To understand the heart of my question "Where do you store your experiences", lets first cover some ground work.
In your world view, define me what is an idea and an action. How do ideas and actions interact? How do you know if something exist or not (for example, a coffee table)?