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Michael Egnor: Why the mind can’t just be the brain

Thinking it through carefully, the idea doesn’t even make sense.

jerry There are two things going on here which I was trying to point out. First, I do not believe Kf... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic KF and BA77 are sometimes criticized for long posts and a lot of cut-paste. However, I think we have to... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic Viola, I wasn't referring to you. Actually, I can't think of anyone still here who the term "skeptics" as I... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee Typical KF responses 1. Didn't answer the questions I asked. 2. Misrepresents my responses: Writes, "As for the dismissiveness to... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic WJM We exist entirely within universal mind (or the mind of God,) Those are two, potentially, very different ideas. If... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
Silver Asiatic KF God is omnipresent in reality and upholds it from moment to moment by his rationally manifest power. They also... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry Kf, I haven't a clue what you are saying in either of your two previous comments. I understand RGB and... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic So we are, in effect, living our lives in the mind of God. And he is a mediator of our... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
kairosfocus PPS: Colour vision responds to the issue that our senses can be limited but access the real world successfully. Notice,... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
kairosfocus Jerry, kindly start with noted philosopher Alvin Plantinga and the associated internalism-externalism debates in epistemology informed by Gettier counterexamples on... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
johnnyb Reading back over the paper, I think you are correct (at least in their model - later authors have disagreed... – What Most People Don't Know About...
johnnyb My own take on why AIs will not outpace us is here. – Bill Dembski on why Erik Larson...
William J Murray More on verdical knowledge: It is literally impossible to gain verdical knowledge about the existential state of something proposed to... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry warrant is a gateway term Kf, When I saw this, my thoughts were what does this sentence mean. You use... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry A specific example: You write, “One piece of advice, don’t engage with the skeptics here because they are not people... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
William J Murray WJM, the concern remains; there seems to be a case of a little error at the beginning. Enough has been... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
William J Murray Let's talk about "verdical" knowledge, KF. Do you have trouble acquiring verdical knowledge about entirely mental phenomena, such as knowing... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
kairosfocus Such idealism runs into the grand delusion problem. Our civilisation is haunted by radical doubt and a thirst for general... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
kairosfocus WJM, the concern remains; there seems to be a case of a little error at the beginning. Enough has been... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
bornagain77 Prior to that encounter with Carnap, Einstein also had another "heated" disagreement with another famous philosopher, Henri Bergson, over what... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray Your difficulty, KF, is due to your vague concept of "mind." MRT has a very detailed, sophisticated and specified organization... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...