RE: Consciousness Trilemma
May 31, 2017 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2017 at 10:55 am by The Grand Nudger.)
lol..since I'm responding to everyone in thread simultaneously, I'll drop a line for you too Jorg.
I know that I'm taking liberties in communicating eliminative materialism to Benny and Ham. It's a gamble, trying to explain what eliminative materialists are saying from their (Ham and Benny's) respective points of view. A much harder and more accurate description of the various positions on that spectrum is certainly possible...but I don't think that it's necessary to address their comments. If we can get passed the "hurr durr they said consciousness doesn't exist" song and dance..I;m confident that the rest will fall into place, and a more substantive discussion of the position can be had.
(maybe, then, you and I can resurrect our own axes on the subject and grind them against each other, lol)
I know that I'm taking liberties in communicating eliminative materialism to Benny and Ham. It's a gamble, trying to explain what eliminative materialists are saying from their (Ham and Benny's) respective points of view. A much harder and more accurate description of the various positions on that spectrum is certainly possible...but I don't think that it's necessary to address their comments. If we can get passed the "hurr durr they said consciousness doesn't exist" song and dance..I;m confident that the rest will fall into place, and a more substantive discussion of the position can be had.
(maybe, then, you and I can resurrect our own axes on the subject and grind them against each other, lol)
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