(June 1, 2012 at 6:52 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I'm not really following some of the things being said in this thread.
I'll probably regret asking this question...why can't it be said that thoughts are physical?
It can, that's an option, in fact it's more consistent with materialism. the problem is that it destroys freewill, we basically become automatons, Daniel Dennet agrees, saying freewill is illusory.