(April 4, 2014 at 4:12 am)FreeTony Wrote:(April 2, 2014 at 7:53 am)Freedom of thought Wrote: Particularly the arguments about how we believe in the existence of other minds, yet we don't really have evidence for that belief.
1. Go and have a conversation with a friend.
2. Go and have a conversation with a rock.
Depending on your friend, one will be more satisfying than the other.
I don't think you understand how much more complex this issue is. Are you familiar with something called a 'philosophical zombie'? A philosophical zombie has no conscious experience, yet behaves like one of my friends.