(August 4, 2015 at 12:52 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(August 4, 2015 at 12:23 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Semantics Rob.
Abstract concepts exist in minds, hence immaterial.
And dependent on an existing mind and minds are just the output of physical processes in the brain. So the thoughts can indeed be material.
Let me know when one of my thoughts whacks you in the head.
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.