(October 22, 2013 at 8:15 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(October 22, 2013 at 8:06 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: This is why I'm not a naturalist. Just sayin'
Why? I don't see the problem.
How can atoms be *about* something? More to the point; how can brain states - a thing reducible to physical processes - be *about* something?
Consciousness is a prerequisite for meaning to "appear" out of physical things. Isn't it our conscience that assings meaning to those atoms? To a brain scan indicating the person is feeling joy?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle