RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 15, 2012 at 12:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Care to point to where I've changed my statement at all. We are our brains. The effect is what our brain is doing. Is this not the position of eliminative materialsm btw? That nueroscience will replace our ideas of what the self is by providing a better understanding of how the brain functions (which appears to be exactly what it has done since the book you linked was written, all by way of handwaving and hiding ignorance, I'm sure)? How many times do I have to say this, I do not assume that we are more than the workings of our brains, and neither, it seems, would an eliminative materialist. But perhaps I'm wrong, and if you would be so kind, please point out where and why? Perhaps you would like to explain why we might assume that there is more (and in doing so, explain why eliminative materialism is flawed.........)
(Looking for a more definitive source, thusfar all I can get are unverified remarks about a speaking engagement and the softening of those parts of the Churchland's positions that followed after criticism of things they seem to feel they don't have much at stake in. Specifically with regards to eliminating folk psychology. Care to help me source it? You might be more familiar. It may just be some un-sourced and unjustified thing that slipped into the general conversation surrounding EM, one never knows)
(Looking for a more definitive source, thusfar all I can get are unverified remarks about a speaking engagement and the softening of those parts of the Churchland's positions that followed after criticism of things they seem to feel they don't have much at stake in. Specifically with regards to eliminating folk psychology. Care to help me source it? You might be more familiar. It may just be some un-sourced and unjustified thing that slipped into the general conversation surrounding EM, one never knows)
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