RE: Mind is the brain?
March 15, 2016 at 1:46 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2016 at 1:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 15, 2016 at 1:38 pm)bennyboy Wrote:You won't be satisfied with my methods, as you are unsatisfied with sciencific methods, no matter how many assumptions are or aren't made, you've already set fire to the ground.
Nothing CAN show evidence of awareness, unless you've already taken the philosophical position that particular correlates may be said to correspond to awareness. Take any physical system in the universe, and ask if it experiences qualia. If you think it does, fine-- but how will you know? No matter how many assumptions you're willing to throw onto the pile, the fact is that your evidence is only valid in the context of the assumptions you are making.
Quote:Really? This is great. Tell me what exactly it is about the brain that allows a person to really experience qualia, rather than just seeming to. What, specifically, is it about the brain that allows for qualia?Are you running a clinic in bad logic? I tell you no material explanation of mind says "it;s in there, somewhere" and you ask for an exact explanation of mind....as though anyone had claimed it. What's that called, Benny? Is there a name for that type of response?
The plus side to the manner in which you discuss mind is that you never have to acknowledge that you're rationalizing. You can endlessly demand that others do this, or do that, regardless of the validity of the response..and no matter what they respond with...you've already set your escape route. After you;ve pulled that...you'll simply repeat the same questions until the retun of christ...as though they had never been addressed. It's tedious.
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