RE: Mind is the brain?
March 23, 2016 at 6:42 am
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2016 at 6:42 am by bennyboy.)
(March 23, 2016 at 4:37 am)little_monkey Wrote: So it seems you're basically saying what I'm saying with different words. Remind me why we disagree?I think the difference is in what assumptions we make, and the degree to which we are willing to extend them. I'd say I'm at one end-- I'm very suspicious of extending givens about mind into general rules, especially at the scientific level-- it smacks of begging the question. You're in the middle it seems-- acknowledging the philosophical difficulties but asking what else we are going to do if we want to move forward in a sensible way. Rhythm's at the other end-- he's willing to make philosophical assumptions about mind based on a computational model, and define terms in such a way that extending them into non-human systems is not only acceptable, but pretty much a given.