Galen Strawson – Uncommon Descent

How can consciousness be a material thing?

Maybe it can’t. But materialist philosophers face starkly limited choices in how to view consciousness. Galen Strawson argues for materiality.

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...
bornagain77 As to: WHY IDEALISM IS ACTUALLY A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY Excerpt: Dr. Gordon. What is idealism? Bruce Gordon: "There are a... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray KF, You don't know what you're talking about. You're conflating "mind" with "individual mind." So what if everything exists in... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry can you give a source for that claim by the Grants? It seems wildly off, so I’d be interested to... – Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig offers ten reasons birds...
kairosfocus PS: Of course, such undercuts the poor design arguments we still see far too often, directly or by suggestion. Instead,... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
kairosfocus WJM, But I did, using your own words; reducing external reality to "theory" is longstanding and it is further underscored... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
William J Murray Since KF seems unwilling to specify claims of MRT his "rational worldview" template holds as problematic, I just shoot some... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
William J Murray KF, I'll take that as your admission that you refuse to identify one specific claim of MRT as problematic, and... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
kairosfocus WJM, notice, I have not denied distinct identity but have pointed out that once corrosive doubt is brought in on... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...