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Theism in animal minds
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February 7, 2015 at 4:21 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2015 at 4:24 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(February 7, 2015 at 1:59 pm)Alex K Wrote: If it sounds unconvincing or wrong, it's surely becauese I failed at giving a coherent 1 line summary of a book I've read 5 years ago... Dennett is a very smart guy.Dennett is a bozo. If you apply his "intentional stance" to humans beings, then his position is that no one really has a mind.  RE: Theism in animal minds
February 7, 2015 at 7:54 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2015 at 7:57 pm by watchamadoodle.)
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February 7, 2015 at 9:04 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2015 at 9:05 pm by Spooky.)
My first thought. My second thought: I sometimes think god is an extension of boredom. We've conquered survival. Since we no longer have to fight for our existence, we've created a new challenge. I imagine if other animals have the ability to be bored, they have the ability to invent god.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
 RE: Theism in animal minds
February 7, 2015 at 9:11 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2015 at 9:12 pm by Mudhammam.)
(February 7, 2015 at 4:21 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Dennett is a bozo. If you apply his "intentional stance" to humans beings, then his position is that no one really has a mind.Such bullshit. Someone who believes that an 18-century mystic received new revelations from Jesus Christ doesn't get to call anyone else a bozo. And Dennett absolutely talks about minds as complex computational processes.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
I would like to everyone to pause for a moment or two and consider the cosmic irony of a follower of Swedenborg calling Daniel Dennett (or anyone else, come to think of it), a 'bozo'.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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