RE: Occams Hatchet and Is Materialism "Special"
October 2, 2016 at 9:13 pm
(This post was last modified: October 2, 2016 at 9:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 2, 2016 at 9:08 pm)bennyboy Wrote:There go those goalposts. Were discussing the isolation of a computational function. I do not -need- to dive down to the qm level to do that. I don;t even need a microscope. I can do it with a string of christmas lights, some copper wire, a soldering iron..and a car battery.......and no, I'm not even kidding.(October 2, 2016 at 8:19 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Because it is, by definition, as a computational arhitecture. Isolating it's components will inexorably yield it's functions. That's how the systems -work- too.Okay, you isolate the quintillions (or whatever) of QM particles, and trace how their interactions arrive at a sequence of ideas over the course of say 1/20 of a second. I look forward to either your answer, or to the end of the universe, whichever will come first.
Quote:As I said, materialism or physicalism as an idea is subsumed by idealism as an idea.Which is how you rationalize a standard logical fallacy. There's nothing more that needs be or can be said about this.
Quote:Lots of words, no actual support. As I said, if you're such a champion of science, bring some actual science. Otherwise, it will be apparent that your "arional inference based upon sound propositions" is an arbitrary philosophical position.I have no interest in trolling myself, or indulging you in trolling me. We've already had this discussion...you know that the science exists...you object to it. You -know- that it isn't an arbitrary philosophical position. You need it to be, to continue arguing, is all.
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