Category: Mind
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Mortalism
Does the soul die with the body? Top o' the Stack.
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Thomas Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos
An overview. Substack latest.
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Searle, Dennett and Zombies
Another in a series of Substack uploads debunking the brilliant scientistic sophistry of the late Daniel Dennett. I have over a thousand dollars in pledges. Should I monetize or not? It seems rude and arrogant not to graciously accept gifts. On the other hand, philosophy for me is a labor of love, a vocation, a…
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The Problem of Consciousness: Galen Strawson’s Non-Solution
Top o' the Stack. Strawson beats Dennett, but not by much.
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The Spook Stuff Chronicles
Danny Dennett meets Caspar the Friendly Ghost. Stack leader. In Dennett's case, de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est has expired.
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Intentionality in Locks and Keys?
Daniel Dennett on the 'evolution' of intentionality. Substack latest.
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God, Evil, Matter, and Mind
How both theists and atheists stand pat in the face of objections. Top o' the Stack.
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On ‘Materialize’ and Materialism
It is interesting that 'materialize' is often used in ordinary English as an intransitive verb to mean: come to be real. "Rain clouds materialized on the horizon." "The Hezbollah counterattack never materialized." A thing or state of affairs is real if and only if it exists independently of (finite) mind. To be real is…
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Is Neuroscience Relevant to Understanding Prayer and Meditation?
Substack latest. If you can poke a hole in anything I say, I'll buy you lunch when next our paths cross.
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Galen Strawson on Nicholas Humphrey on Consciousness
Substack latest. Strawson is right against Humphrey, but his own theory is worthless. See also: The Problem of Consciousness and Galen Strawson's Non-Solution UPDATE (10/3). A friend referred me to this article which I judge to be very bad indeed. See if you can make out what is wrong with it.
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Bull Meets Shovel: Could Consciousness be a Conjuring Trick?
Top o' the Stack. Thomas Beale writes, Getting back to the topic of consciousness . . . . I think you will find this Royal Institution lecture by British neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey of interest. He provides an outline of subjective phenomenal consciousness and how it could have evolved. One very interesting claim is that sentience…
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Thomas Nagel on the Mind-Body Problem
Substack latest.
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Thinking Meat?
Substack latest. Is it my brain that feels and thinks when I feel and think? Both of the following arguments are valid, but only one is sound. Which one is it? Argument A. Meat can't think. My brain is meat. Therefore, what thinks in me when I think is not my brain. A in Reverse:…
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Galen Strawson on Zombies
Top o' the Stack What are they? Where do they come from? What good are they?
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The Grain Problem
Ed Buckner writes, Here is another problem that needs to be carefully phrased. I want to say that the pitch of a musical note is continuous through time. I mean, at any point in continuous time, i.e. time as specified by the real numbers, the pitch of the note (e.g. middle C) is the same. However,…