(January 26, 2022 at 9:21 pm)GrandizerII Wrote: @emjay appreciate the charitable take on my position. FTR, I'm still epiphenomenalist to an extent, just not in the strict sense; it's one of those things I'm wavering over, though. Even property dualism is something I hold to tentatively, which I did say earlier.
It's an interesting topic, whichever side one adopts, they have something interesting to say about it. And whether there is a hard problem or not, the discussion about the topic can be quite hard because, as you said earlier, everyone is using relevant words differently.
No worries, man... I appreciate your input in this topic, or anyone elses, whatever the perspective... it's all good and all leads to potential insight. It's the one subject where there are both no experts and all experts... where everybody's equal because we all have an intimate acquaintance with the subject of discussion and just want to understand our own consciousness. So it's one of the few subjects where we can just enjoy a purely intellectual discussion, that never needs to get heated or divisive in my opinion. That's part of why I enjoy it so much... completely different from arguing about politics or whatever. So yeah, though you and me didn't directly interact much in this conversation, I still appreciate your input, and I'm sure we will in the future, but as for now I can fully understand why you're knackered in the thread, cos I was/am too
