RE: A Conscious Universe
January 30, 2015 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2015 at 10:21 am by bennyboy.)
(January 30, 2015 at 9:51 am)Rhythm Wrote: Don't you think that an explanation of mind ought to hinge mostly on mind, rather than on redefining or casting suspicion on the very nature of reality? Must we actually redefine the "ultimate nature of reality" in order to escape a physical mind? That seems like an awfully roundabout way to go if we want to make some statement about mind and how it can or cannot be explained....don't you think? Personally, I prefer the "put one foot in front of the other" approach.....I can feel the yin/yang wheel starting to spin. I'm going to keep explaining that my only interface with reality is through subjective experience, and you're going to keep waving at the brain and saying it's in there somewhere, we just haven't exactly figured it out yet.
Mind is not just one piece of the puzzle to add to the "to-do" list of science. It is the most central feature of human existence, and the biggest philosophical problem for a physical monist view of reality. If you think reality has been defined, then show how science explains the existence of qualia. Until then, I request that you not complain that ideas contrary to your own world view are "redefining reality."