Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Universal Intelligence"?

[Chas]

I don't think I ever said I'm a dualist.

Sorry, I must have confused a comment by ChadWooters with yourself. YOU said you're an agnostic idealist, yes? Just out of curiosity, why idealism rather than realism, in your view?

I don't think I ever said that, either.

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Believe you? I don't even understand what you are asking.

We are in a thread about mind, and you've stated many times that the evidence favors a particular view of mind. I've stated many time that since the mind of others cannot be directly observed, evidence about it is rooted in one or more philosophical assumptions for which there cannot be meaningful evidence.

I want you to specify what evidence you actually have, and in what way you are confident that it supports your positions, rather than simply repeatedly saying you have evidence. You say there is neurological evidence that supports monism. Please provide it.

Our actual experience with brain differences and brain damage show effects on the mind are brain-based. The results from neuroscience at all levels support being a consequence of the brain. There is no evidence for any other hypothesis.

Hypotheses that don't take that into account are unscientific.

There is a massive amount of data and you can Google for it as easily as I.



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Rieke, F. et al. (1999). Spikes: Exploring the Neural Code. The MIT Press; Reprint edition ISBN 0-262-68108-0

etc.