I don't think one has privileged acces to flubberts. You have access as well, and even to that of mine, albeit only indirectly via the outside of the ...
:lol: Yeah, alright. But that's a problem of language. You can rename objective material processes bocketibonders just as well. I think there is a rel...
Is it a coincidence that the symbols for infinity and zero are similar? You can run around on both of them forever. But so you can on 8. On 4, 6, and ...
Aha! Then it's small wonder indeed that you think they are useless. In reality though, qualia make up the whole world we live in. No, that's why they ...
If that is so, how will they be able in the first place to even think about conducting experiments? If you imagine there are no people you should imag...
Agent Tangerine, the infamous cousin of Agent Orange... You touch upon a deep issue here, as a matter of fact! It is claimed that symmetries lay at th...
It depends on the ideas and logic used. Ideas and logic seem to couple themselves naturally, like Earth has coupled naturally with Sun. Ideas are not ...
The concept of force is closely related to symmetry. It can even define force. If you play soccer with a ball protected by a coat then the ball beneat...
So I've read the first paragraphs, and as I thought, Dennet doesn't convince. As usual for materialists, he siphons the burden of proof to the shoulde...
The true philosopher wants to know the truth. So the real philosophers are journalists and scientists. So every student in philosophy should study sci...
The strange thing with squares is that they do stay the same after rotation. It's relation with surrounding squares may become different, but the squa...
Dennet is a computer guy. I'm not interested in computers. I know what he tries to do. He projects computational processes on an area where they don't...
Still, legs have no mind. They are coupled to it, but don't experience mind related stuff. Well, they can hurt or feel a massage, or feel the ground t...
Infinite means in-finito, not finished, never to be finished. What in life never finishes? The finish line can be pulled away from you indefinitely. I...
This implies a dualism. "It" and "the cup". What means "one sees"? Already in saying "one sees" are qualia involved. What do you even mean by qualia a...
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