(August 29, 2014 at 8:28 am)Ben Davis Wrote: For me, it's quite simple: there's no evidence for any mechanism of consciousness other than the brain. Although dualist speculation can be interesting & fun, it's ultimately nothing more than speculation: it can't even be a decent hypothesis as there are no falsifiable, testable propositions. Before we can start examining the 'seat of the soul', we first need to show that there is a soul. Until that happens, all we're left with is naturalistic, material causes; just like always.[my bolding]
To my mind the word soul is one that has picked up a wide array of meanings besides the biblical one. For me, showing there is a 'soul' is no more worrying than showing there are such things as "dispositions", "personality", "character" and so on. If the bible is read as parables, then something like these becomes the translation for "soul". "Magic spirit bodies" would be my suggestion for those intent on reading the bible like a lawyer.
