(October 6, 2013 at 10:16 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: Now you're equivocating the Reification fallacy.equivocating the fallacy with what exactly?
Quote:It is NOT conceivable, (to anyone who has an education in science) to "conceive" that brain functions occur apart from brains.which is exactly what P2 says. weren't you listening at all?
Quote: I can "conceive" of glittery unicornsyes, and thus glittery unicorns are conceivably possible. which means in a modal sense, they exist in at least one possible world. concerning minds, that's all that's needed to substantiate P1.
Quote:Your P1 is false. "Mind" is a *concept*. You YOURSELF just said it was a *THING*. THAT IS the Reification fallacy.the mind is the concept of your consciousness, self awareness, and thoughts. those match the definition of things.
Quote:Name ONE function or action of a "mind" that happens in the absence of a normally functioning brain.just because they have the same functions and actions doesn't mean they are the same thing. they are only the same thing if they are exactly the same in every aspect, which C1 derived from P1 and P2 shows is not true.
Quote:You didn't answer the science education question.i thought you were facetious since it really doesn't matter in a philosophical discussion.
the rest of your post is off topic and i am not going to go off topic on a ton of tangents just because you can come up with a list of 'problems' with Christianity.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
-Galileo