Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain

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Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain

October 8, 2013 at 10:46 am (This post was last modified: October 8, 2013 at 10:51 am by Bucky Ball.)

(October 8, 2013 at 9:23 am)ChadWooters Wrote: I accept your challenge. When you set a thermostat to 72, it intends to reach it. Explain to me how this is different from a hungry dog that intends to eat a rabbit. From a materialistic perspective both exhibit mental properties. Only the thermostat has no brain yet shows goal directed behaviour.

You're really THAT desperate ?
YOU set the thermometer. It did not set itself. YOU have a brain. It's YOUR goal, not the thermometer's goal.
Try try again.

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Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 5, 2013 at 11:52 pm

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Anomalocaris - October 6, 2013 at 12:02 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 6, 2013 at 12:05 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Vincenzo Vinny G. - October 9, 2013 at 8:27 pm

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Anomalocaris - October 6, 2013 at 12:26 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 6, 2013 at 12:34 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Lion IRC - October 7, 2013 at 10:45 pm

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Lemonvariable72 - October 7, 2013 at 11:02 pm

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Tonus - October 8, 2013 at 7:35 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Minimalist - October 6, 2013 at 12:30 am

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 6, 2013 at 12:46 am

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 6, 2013 at 1:11 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Chas - October 6, 2013 at 6:31 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Angrboda - October 6, 2013 at 12:46 am

RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 6, 2013 at 12:57 am

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Rational AKD - October 6, 2013 at 1:22 am

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by genkaus - October 6, 2013 at 2:59 am

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Tonus - October 6, 2013 at 9:07 am

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RE: Modal Argument: The Mind is Not the Brain - by Bucky Ball - October 6, 2013 at 9:49 am

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