Egnor: The difficulty in defining “consciousness” is well recognized in medicine. For example

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Michael Egnor: From a medical perspective, “consciousness” adds nothing to the description of mental states

In his view, “ “Consciousness ” is a meaningless term that too often misleads us, and it shouldn’t be used in medicine, neuroscience, or philosophy: “Consciousness” is a very vague term and, ultimately, I don’t think it has any useful meaning at all, apart from other categories such as sensation, perception, imagination, reason etc. Aristotle Read More…

JVL Asauber: Like “racist”. This is why I've been trying to ask questions and make sure I'm clear on what people... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
JVL Querius: Would you let us in on your little secret then? I think it’s clear that your statement is baloney.... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
William J Murray KF said: WJM, for record, the necessity of logic is distinct identity. You cannot communicate without using it, however a... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
asauber "Sometimes you assume a label for someone before you actually find out what they think." JVL, Like "racist". Andrew – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
JVL Silver Asiatic: I’m sorry I didn’t understand what you’re saying here. I thought that might happen. You didn’t know who... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
William J Murray SA said: You can deny the duty to the truth. Logical relationships are only necessary for those who establish logic... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Querius Silver Asiatic, I’m sorry I didn’t understand what you’re saying here. I wouldn't worry about it. Some people, when they... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
asauber "It’s not a bad analogy about the argument that we have a duty to use the laws of logic' VL,... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Querius JVL, I think it’s clear that a lot of support for racist policies and behaviours in the US in the... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
Viola Lee It's not a bad analogy about the argument that we have a duty to use the laws of logic. Caring... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
asauber "Here’s an analogy to consider: if I jump off a building, do I have a duty to fall?" VL, This... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Viola Lee to SA at 165: I'll repeat: no one is denying the inescapability of the laws of logic, and no one... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Silver Asiatic JVL I'm sorry I didn't understand what you're saying here. You didn't know who Margaret Sanger is and suggested that... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
Silver Asiatic WJM If your assumption is that everyone has this existential duty, how would you figure out how people would behave... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
JVL Silver Asiatic: Margaret Sanger was not just a random individual I cited nor even the leader of something from the... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
JVL Querius: If you think your rhetorical assertions are relevant, why don’t you answer your own questions–maybe do a little research... – Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure...
Silver Asiatic WJM If nobody has such duties, every action and thought would still reflect the necessary logical relationships because those cannot... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Viola Lee Different topic, ET, but I'm perfectly clear on that distinction. Not sure what I said on the other thread that... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
bornagain77 As to the fourth item on Larry Moran's list, Pseudogenes and broken genes are junk More than half of our... – Larry Moran’s new book sounds like...
ET Too funny. Viola says that KF has "a hard time discriminating between different parts of an argument", yet conflates how... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...
Viola Lee Note to KF. No one is denying the inescapability of the laws of logic. You have a hard time discriminating... – L&FP42: is knowledge warranted, credibly true...