RogueAI

So unpack that statement for me. Do you believe you're a physical animal with a brain that produces consciousness?

Did you mean for there to be a period there?

I think you have me confused with someone else. I've never read Hegel. Maybe someone quoted him here and I agreed?

Well, that's we're discussing: which "ism" has the strongest foundation?

Any "ism" should have a strong foundation, regardless of whether the adherents think it necessary or not.

This really isn't a language problem, though. I know full well what I mean by "it hurts to stub my toe" and I also know full well the meaning of "how ...

Well, peeing isn't identical to kidney function, but I can anticipate your response: peeing is identical to biological functions XYZ, so when ancient ...

"Consider the following: two people from thousands of years ago can meaningfully talk about their minds, agreed? They can exchange meaningful informat...

In this thread.

I don't need my senses to know that my mind is not physical, in the sense that materialists/physicalists use the word. It's simply not in that categor...

No, it's a claim that the mind is not a physical thing. It has no physical characteristics. The contents of the mind (various subjective experiences) ...

So, my reply is that it is so obvious to me that my mind is not a physical thing with physical characteristics, like size, shape, weight, volume, etc....

I'm not asserting the existence of just one mind. I'm claiming that we know for certain that at least one mind exists. There might be one, there might...

You can't turn it around on me, that's the advantage of idealism. When you say "how matter arises from consciousness", you're assuming matter is real....

To put it simply, the foundation of idealism is stuff that *has* to exist: mind and thought. The foundation of materialism is stuff that *might* exist...

Timeframes have a bearing on whether we should stick with a certain theory or not. Eventually, after progress hasn't been made, the theory itself will...

The argument that some materialists make that consciousness doesn't exist (or is an illusion) is not convincing (I don't know of any philosophers who ...

Two points: what we're experiencing is equally consistent with many different models of reality. There's no reason that getting hit by a bus in a simu...

All things being equal, we should prefer the theory with the least amount of assumptions. Materialism makes two fundamental unjustified assumptions, a...

My epistemic state is not one of "reliable knowledge". I can't even justify my belief in the existence of other minds. I take it on faith. What reliab...

So, you're introducing dreaming into my a priori world, eh? That's fine. Suppose the person knows they dream. Wouldn't that give idealism an even bigg...

So the claim is then that a complex decision is a bunch of sub-decisions, which could be monitored for this "readiness potential"? Maybe. It's a good ...

They couldn't even do this experiment without controversy (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-a-flawed-experiment-proved-that-free-...

Even if it did disprove free-will, the experiment would only apply to a narrow set of "simple" decisions, like raising your hand. The decision whether...

That's it's possible there's a god that's massively interfering in the world when we're not looking. You can also substitute that with "the simulation...

Well, I can say absolutely that I'm conscious and have a mind and certain subjective experiences. Everything else is pretty much taken on faith.

God intervenes in reality on a massive level when we're not looking to inconspicuously prevent as many accidents as possible without revealing its exi...

You're welcome.

Philosophy has enriched my inner world. I think that's true of anyone that puts any thought into the subject.

Did you not read the second paragraph of my OP? "However, what if the puddle explores the boundaries of the hole and find's it's a perfect square. The...

In the puddle analogy, that's not what's going on. The conclusion is based on the hole having a mathematically significant shape that implies a design...

Dingo, even if you find yourself in an environment that has to be a certain way in order for you to exist, you can still question whether that environ...

Eventually, the luck hypothesis becomes too ridiculous to believe. Suppose you join a poker game and the dealer deals himself a royal flush. Suspiciou...

God doesn't harm us, we harm ourselves.

I have issues with B. The universe/god/one-true-mind is not revenge-based.

Right on.

Most human effort is chasing idols we think will make us happy (fame, money, youth, beauty, etc.) and distracting ourselves from the true cause of our...

I hear you, Outlander. Much of my life is spent pursuing idols and distractions and growing bored with them and moving on. You (in the general sense) ...

Since men are the ones doing 80+% of the violence and killing against other men, I think complaining that we carve out a day to recognize victims of o...

That, of course, is different than being harassed by police or turned down for a job or followed around in the store or the other innumerable racist t...

I've had two hernia operations and my appendix removed. I'll take modernity and anesthesia. But will someone two hundred years from now look back in h...

There are a couple things you can be sure of: you have a conscious mind and it is receiving data from your senses. But that's about it. So, when peopl...

Don, why are you assuming an object external to your mind made of non-conscious stuff (a brain, when you unpack the word) exists? What's that assumpti...

If thoughts are an emergent property of the brain, how does that work exactly? And we're right back to the mind/body problem.

I agree with all that.

"No, because that's not right. The cup is more than just what I sense." You're making an assumption here.

If an immaterial mind is caused by the brain, there needs to be an explanation for how that works.

The problem is that materialism cannot explain how consciousness can arise from non-conscious stuff (e.g., working brain) when that stuff is put toget...

You're saying the mind-body problem was solved? What's the solution?

Athena, we were just talking about serfs and slaves yesterday after watching Simple History's video on "Life in Medieval Times"! We also got into a di...