(January 30, 2015 at 9:51 am)Rhythm Wrote: Don't you think that an explanation of mind ought to hinge mostly on mind, rather than on redefining or casting suspicion on the very nature of reality? Must we actually redefine the "ultimate nature of reality" in order to escape a physical mind?
Yes, because just like physical monism is about reducing consciousness to a physical explanation, then so too, can you attempt to reduce the physical world to an explanation of consciousness.
Quote: That seems like an awfully roundabout way to go if we want to make some statement about mind and how it can or cannot be explained....don't you think? Personally, I prefer the "put one foot in front of the other" approach.....
But it is one foot in front of the other, just in the other direction.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
