(March 13, 2016 at 1:12 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I'm not convinced I believe this. Minds exist as a function of the brain. If the functioning brain is altered then the function of the mind is altered.
You are stating as fact something which you assume. Tell me, by what criteria will you establish an actually sentient being from a philosophical zombie?
Before you tell me that mind is altered, you have to tell me how you know that there IS a mind to be altered. Cuz I say it can't be done.