(February 10, 2012 at 4:00 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Something like a lobotomy perhaps? Again, what you equate and what can be demonstrated...I have an obvious preference. If you hand me your brain the only thing you can demonstrate that you are handing me is a piece of biology. It just so happens that without this piece of biology you would be unable to formulate thoughts. Now, we could suggest a layer of unexplained mystery over and above what can be demonstrated, but I wonder what your reasons for doing so might be?
I'm pretty sure that within this discussion, when we say biology, we mean instinctual behavior ingrained in genetic makeup, not a piece of my physical makeup. I thought you accepted this definition as well. You spoke about "biology and conditioning determining behavior". Well, the conditioning is stored in the brain as well, so brain and biology in this context are automatically not equivalent.
