Yes, indeed, there is an explantory gap. I'm not questioning that at all. I'm primarily concerned about where, in materialism or dualism, the explanat...
@"Wayfarer" Again, I've failed to make you see my point. Let me try again; perhaps a little detail about David Chalmers, the author of the hard proble...
Yes, I'm repeating myself (again) - sorry, not the sharpest knife in the drawer myself. This explanatory gap you speak of is basically the claim that ...
1 is simply an abstraction most beautifully captured with set theory as the property shared by sets of type: {a}, {#}, {£}, etc. (sets with only one e...
Since brain activity correlates with everything mental, inclusive of so-called subjective mental experiences, it goes without saying that these so-cal...
Firstly, thanks for the clarification. What you say makes sense but the hard problem of consciousness characterized as being about an explanatory gap ...
Let's meet at the halfway point then. Knowing truths extend our lives and the longer you live, the more truths you can access - a positive feedback lo...
To my knowledge, the way some philsophers have approached the issue (the hard problem of consciousness), certain aspects of our mind are thought to be...
Well, things, ideas included, that don't contribute to the common "good" don't last very long do they? The common "good" that I refer to is that which...
Partially agree although I have the feeling people are first human, burdened by all the same biases as every other fellow human, and only then philoso...
Firstly, I hope you remember the two definitions of mind I provided from Google. For me they reveal very clearly, in the difference between them, the ...
While I respect this position of likening the human condition to a hamster running inside a wheel as if its life depended on it but, sadly, not making...
Maybe, an emphasis on negligence, the curtailment thereof, is common sense: take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. :chi...
I'd rephrase the underlined part in the last paragraph as "you know you can't either believe or disbelieve". Where is this "ignorance" you speak of? A...
There's a likeness between your theory and Richard Dawkins' memes. Whatever the case, I concur with you insofar as ideas are seen to go through a sele...
Indeed, you're correct. I've simply repeated myself but perhaps only because you haven't addressed my point satisfactorily. Let's start from ground ze...
As I said, the "integrated experience" is all the brain functions taken together and the word "mind" is just a label, perhaps for convenience of disco...
I feel I'm in agreement with most of what Barrett says about emotions. There seems to be a hidden logic behind feelings - the "about-ness" you referre...
Well, there you have it. Some evidence, even if just in areas that, to me, seem poorly understood or, to put it more accurately, not sufficiently unde...
I can't think of how perspectives could be classified as truths and perhaps that's exactly your point but that doesn't mean there are no truths and th...
As is obvious, all emotions are reactions, reactions to something i.e. emotions, to the extent that I'm aware, are always caused. It's my belief that ...
I'm aiming to provide an explanation for the way the poll results turned out. The first question received a unanimous "yes" answer. Great! Everyone be...
What bothers me is the determinants of personality. I'm somewhat confident that knowledge and experience have a bearing on personality. How does one e...
I remember, very vaguely, a member touching on this issue a couple of months ago. Sorry, I can't find a link to that thread. S/he said something to th...
To begin with, I don't understand why you think it's a nonsensical question. If the x-axis and the y-axis were distances then 5 represents the actual ...
Are you suggesting changing the principle of sufficient reason (PSR) from 1. Everything has a reason = original PSR to 2. Some things don't have a rea...
Let me ask you a question. What's the difference between antitheism and atheism? If there's no difference then why different words for the same idea? ...
Glad to know my views resonate with yours. As for death, you're absolutely right in that giving it the requisite attention plays a major role in const...
What means you by delineate? To say "there can't be anything (else) that's the reason for everything" directly contradicts the principle of sufficient...
:chin: Match the following: God beliefs: 1. god exists 2. god doesn't exist 3. god may/may not exist Formal positions (all being different from each o...
In my humble opinion, yes. 1. Four possible positions: Theism is different to Atheism is different to Agnosticism is different to Antitheism 2. There ...
Not to sound too presumptuous but if one jettisons the principle of sufficient reason one might as well just stop thinking. Everything we know appears...
It seems it's possible to be a theist and yet an antitheist for the latter is defined as an active opposition to god. An atheist being an antitheist i...
I get what you mean. What you say amounts to the standard argument against the skeptic. As for what I mean, let me begin by saying I accept that for t...
:chin: How so? I haven't introduced anything new into the already heady cocktail of sufficient reason and the assumption of a definite earliest moment...
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