RE: An intro to my non-materialist view
June 3, 2017 at 9:40 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2017 at 9:40 pm by Amarok.)
(June 3, 2017 at 9:05 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(June 2, 2017 at 12:56 am)Bunburryist Wrote: You're going over the whole thing with a magnifying glass and missing the whole point. I'm simply trying to make the distinction between experiences happening in a material brain (what you would call "representations") and the material objects they are supposed to represent. The experience of "seeing a beige keyboard" (which cannot be "made of atoms") is not the same as the material keyboard (which being made of atoms can't have color as an aspect). What don't you understand?
Okay, I'll bite.
I understand what you're saying, but would you mind explaining its significance as it relates to your personal non-materialist world view? I don't see the profundity here. Obviously our conscious experiences of the world are just that; experiences of the world. I am not The World. I am a being experiencing The World. Sure, there are no "keyboard atoms" in my brain, but the neurons generating my experience of the keyboard are made of atoms. I guess I'm missing the point...
He essentially trying to say the your thoughts are made of mysteriani magic dust
(June 3, 2017 at 9:05 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(June 2, 2017 at 12:56 am)Bunburryist Wrote: You're going over the whole thing with a magnifying glass and missing the whole point. I'm simply trying to make the distinction between experiences happening in a material brain (what you would call "representations") and the material objects they are supposed to represent. The experience of "seeing a beige keyboard" (which cannot be "made of atoms") is not the same as the material keyboard (which being made of atoms can't have color as an aspect). What don't you understand?
Okay, I'll bite.
I understand what you're saying, but would you mind explaining its significance as it relates to your personal non-materialist world view? I don't see the profundity here. Obviously our conscious experiences of the world are just that; experiences of the world. I am not The World. I am a being experiencing The World. Sure, there are no "keyboard atoms" in my brain, but the neurons generating my experience of the keyboard are made of atoms. I guess I'm missing the point...
He essentially trying to say the your thoughts are made of mysteriani magic dust
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