physicalism – Uncommon Descent

Physicalist philosopher: Consciousness Is Not a Problem. Dualism Is!

But wait, say others, the hard problem of consciousness is not so easily dismissed.

Mind vs Matter: the Result of an Error of Thought

(I think we’ve corrupted KF’s thread long enough.) The entire problem of mind/matter dualism is rooted in a single error of thought: the reification of an abstract descriptive model of experience into an causal agency independent of the mind that conceives it and the mental experience it is extrapolated from. It is similar to the Read More…

john_a_designer { I’ve never found solipsism to be tenable because whatever really... }
Truthfreedom { 8 Bob O'H That special issue looks like it’s preaching... }
ET { There isn't any scientific theory of evolution. So one must... }
ET { seversky the simple: If we were created then the capacity... }
Bob O'H { Tf - no I wasn't, I wasn't invited to join... }
ET { No one should care what mainstream science says if what... }
ET { JVL is still clueless. "Mainstream science" doesn't know how nature... }
Truthfreedom { JVL Why do you dismiss science and history? }
john_a_designer { Personally I don’t feel saddened at all by Judge Ginsberg’s... }
Truthfreedom { There is no reasonable materialist/naturalist account of consciousness. True. Materialism... }
Truthfreedom { Calling time on ‘statistical significance’ in science research. Scientists should... }
harry { Theories of government can be assessed in terms of power... }
Truthfreedom { *Off topic: The "Recent Comments" section no longer links to... }
bornagain77 { Of supplemental note. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the... }
bornagain77 { In fact, entropy is also the primary reason why our... }
bornagain77 { As well, the ‘experience of the now’ also makes itself... }
bornagain77 { Besides quantum mechanics, in over the top fashion, showing that... }
Truthfreedom { Bob O'H Or that when you are looking at the... }
bornagain77 { As to: Michael Egnor: Do you believe in life after... }
kairosfocus { F/N: What happens after the larger than life founder figure... }
Upright BiPed { . Let’s address the question: why You have a fatal... }