There's a big difference between using and applying in this context. Using a screwdriver or a key is not applying mechanics! Using multiplication or d...
Right. Which is totally different than just use Math/Arithmetic/Probability terms which I have already pointed out. Just using words like multiply/div...
Mystery can create various effects: from despair to frustration to indifference to wondering to interest to thurst for knowledge ... The mystery I men...
Isn't that a commonplace? We don't know what is the intellect's limit and thus there's no meaning talking about it. Things like "God created everythin...
Well, first of all you never know how well or not someone sleeps. And then, it has to do with someone's ethical standards. I believe that criminals ca...
Uncertainty refers to something that is not certain, i.e. not known or definite and not to be relied on. Where does Math come in this? Even if we atta...
Of course they are. Simple arithmetic is too. I didn't say they aren't. I said "Using probabilities and statistics in any framework of thought, philos...
Right. But although Gnosticism is connected to Gnosis, it's not the subject of this topic. It is not even mentioned in the OP. And, in contrast with G...
Using probabilities and statistics in any framework of thought, philosophical or other, is not mathematizing. Probabilities and statistics are used ev...
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad I could contribute in this topic, well, "by accident", since itself has no well-defined shape, flesh or bones....
I'm not sure how do you mean this. It sounds like "the experience one has from knowledge", which doesn't make much sense to me; I can't get what that ...
Well, it isn't just the word "magic". It's its combination with the word "portal" that creates the whole effect. I don't know, maybe @TiredThinker sho...
Yes, I could say that. But I wouldn't call it a "consideration", which refers to something to take into account, i.e. a thought a fact or any element ...
Just to mention that some philosophers believe the opposite: that it is consciousness that has created the universe. I personally have no cognition or...
First of all: Kudos for bringing in definitions! :up: I always applaud this because it is quite rare --even a lot are against it!-- and I find it very...
I have deleted my reply to the topic. This topic and the person created it dit not worth it. It is the second time @Hello Human has not responded to m...
You keep repeating this, as if it is something one shouldn't do. So I maybe get it wrong. Maybe you mean that one puts a subject. together with his ar...
So, one should never define the tesms one uses? I believe that you are referring to those who give arbitrary definitions, tailor-made to their argumen...
Don't listen to rumors! :grin: Well, one can describe the receiver-transmitter mechanism of the brain in a lot of pompous ways. The don't change this ...
I don't blame you. :smile: It indeed looks like "materialism", etymologically at least, refers only to matter. But don't forget that materialism, as a...
You mean something like "I know that I know that I know ....", right? Well, you can do that if you like and not have anything better to do! :grin: But...
It is very good that you have brought this up! :up: In fact, it's existence the "hard problem" is considered controversial. But this shouldn't be the ...
First of all, I would expect that you also mention "materialism" as another name of "physicalism", which in fact is more commonly used and their diffe...
I don't like to put terms, concepts, thoughts, views, etc. into frameworks like -isms. They always limit the extent of their meaning and application. ...
Yes, I should watch more of the video, esp. about the end of it, which you suggest. But I would prefer having the interview in written form. I would a...
Thanks again. I didn't think of that. It is was rather a reaction that my views and positions on mind and consciousness are shared by really very few ...
I'm back, with a little more knowledge on the human intelligence existing in our world! And I'm talking of course about Demis Hassabis. What an amazin...
Ha! Didn't expect that coming! :smile: Thanks. I hope you mean it! (re: my contribution etc.) :smile: I will certainly watch the interview you posted....
That wo\uld be just great. But you see, you said it yourself: the material basis of consciousness. I mentioned that in connection with physical percep...
I respect Penrose a lot. But in this case, I think he is looking for and working on a quite "exotic" explanation and description of consciousness, by ...
The universe is physical. Numbers are not. They are abstract objects. Whether the universe is finite or infinite has nothing to do with numbers being ...
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