RE: why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?
January 20, 2019 at 11:43 pm
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2019 at 11:50 pm by Alan V.)
(January 20, 2019 at 11:07 pm)bennyboy Wrote: The brain is clearly different from non-brain things, by definition. And when you wave toward the brain as an explanation of consciousness, then you are saying that it allows for consciousness when other systems do not, but without explaining why that would be. Implied is this: most systems do not sustain consciousness, but the brain does 'just cuz it does. That's special pleading.
Any philosopher interested in arguing about consciousness should inform himself about brain science.
The above paragraph betrays your lack of knowledge about the science you somehow consider yourself informed enough to judge. You obviously are not.
I have already offered you information that explains why brains allow for consciousness when other systems do not. You simply don't agree with it.
Yet it was never up to me to inform you about brain science anyway. It is your responsibility to be informed.
So you simply are not arguing in good faith, apparently because you feel your pet theory is threatened by real science.
