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Matter has extension, shape, even at its fundamental level, the string. Ideas are irreducible; they don't have any shape, or extension. So, the first ...

I don't think so. Consider a set of words, let's call this set SW, which has a minimal number of words for creating only one meaningful sentence, let'...

We know that materialism fails since it cannot explain how ideas emerge and how they can be causally efficacious in the world, given that ideas are ir...

I am waiting to see if they can offer a definition of essence as a thing that is not in the set of properties and abilities.

I think it is proper to ask for a concise definition of essence. I think that something that objectively exists must have properties and abilities to ...

Could we agree that something that exists is either objective or subjective? If yes, then God must objectively exist; otherwise, He is only an idea in...

Science, with all its successes, cannot explain mental phenomena and how they could be efficacious in the world. It is not difficult to see that a mod...

Cool. I am happy with this definition, but it seems that @"Count Timothy von Icarus" disagrees.

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I don't understand what that definition is referring to unless essence refers to properties and abilities!

If by the essence you mean a set of properties and abilities, then we are on the same page. Otherwise, I don't understand what essence could possibly ...

The mind is irreducible, so it does not have any structure. It, however, can be even omnipresent.

Mental events can only be experienced and created by the mind. Any living creature has at least one mind. Creatures with the ability to think have mor...

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Do you mind elaborating on what you mean by essence?

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She is a phenomenon: Anastasiia Tiurina (7 years old) "Valenki" balalaika https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfuMol1e-0

I have a long struggle to consider ideas as a form of strong emergence. At first, I thought that they are a form of weak emergence since we can only f...

A substance is something that objectively exists. An experience is something that subjectively exists. I think that is all forms of existence.

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We are dealing with the strong emergence in the case of ideas since they are irreducible, yet they have a single content that can be experienced. Idea...

I think that is the crux of the discussion! I am waining too!

Ideas are irreducible yet distinguishable. Only the mind can experience them since they are mental events. I think you are talking about thoughts here...

The only mental event that comes to mind that is an example of strong emergence is the creation of ideas. They are, however, not the result of the pro...

I would like to make a distinction between building and creating. For example, when we build a car, we put the parts together in a way that the whole,...

First things first, I have to say that thinking is a process in which we work with old ideas and create new ones. Ideas are mental events that are exp...

By an idea, I mean a mental event that is not reducible to something else, yet it is meaningful to us. For example, when I say "cup", we both understa...

The difference between humans and AI is that humans have the ability to create new ideas, whereas AI does not.

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Hope to get you in another thread! :wink:

I have an argument for the Mind is the cause of change in physical that you can find it here. Our instruments have certain precision, so it is not abo...

I agree that the brain is required for thinking. What I am saying is that thinking cannot be done solely by the brain.

How about God? Is God free? You propose a God who has foreknowledge. If I know about God's foreknowledge, I can do the opposite since I am a free agen...

I invite you to read the OP again.

You cannot prove such a God since you cannot discuss it!

According to Aquinas, God's essence is ineffable!

The same applies to God's essence!

The point is that ideas are not causally efficacious within materialism since an idea is a mental event only. We know that ideas are the key elements ...

We have two things, the mind and the brain, when it comes to thinking, as follows. I am a substance pluralist, so I am sure that the mind exists; by t...

What is the duty of the brain when it comes to thoughts, if the mind is the thinking thing?

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As you wish!

How does the mind create thoughts?

I am talking about the properties of parts and how they are related to the quality of experience, so-called Qualia. I am saying that Qualia are a func...