Wayfarer

This non-paywalled article in Philosophy Now is worth the read in respect of this topic. Presents the 'no' case for 'can computers think?' Rescuing Mi...

I am not positing 'metaphysical beliefs'. I am pointing out the inherent contradiction in the concept of the mind-independent object. It's actually ph...

I have an essay on it I’m trying to get published. If it is I’ll provide a link if you’re interested.

I’ve been studying Michel Bitbol on philosophy of science, and he sees many of these disputes as arising from a shared presupposition: treating mind a...

This is the whole point at issue. I've given my reasons in detail, if you can't see them, so be it, (although it might be noted that AI has no trouble...

‘Does the moon continue t exist when nobody is looking at it?’ Einstein asked Abraham Pais. Why do you think he asked that question?

Well said! My claim arises in response to the familiar objection: if idealism is true, does an object cease to exist when no one is perceiving it? Ber...

That's confused. What I'm saying is that cognition is a constructive and active process. The mind is not a blank mirror which simply reflects or recei...

But you do understand when you say this, you are assuming that the world is mind-independent - that reality is outside of us, and our mental picture i...

Yes, true, that. I went back and looked again. What i siezed on first time around was her mention of the Blake LeMoine case which was discussed here a...

I note this objection at the outset. 'Science has shown that h. sapiens only evolved in the last hundred thousand years or so, and we know Planet Eart...

Relativist has made this claim repeatedly in numerous discussions over the past year. We've extensively discussed D M Armstrong's 'Materialist Theory ...

I can see perfectly clearly the background to this interminable debate - the aftermath of Cartesian dualism, the division of the universe into mental ...

The core problem is this: physicalism treats “the physical” as the fundamental ontological primitive, yet physics itself does not—and cannot—define wh...

It was the substance of the famous debates between Bohr and Einstein that occupied decades. At issue was the status of objectivity, about the question...

I've laid it out in the OP, The MInd Created World. It makes a rational case for a scientifically-informed cognitive idealism. We had a long discussio...

Notice that OP was published five months before ChatGPT went live. Apropos the problem posed in the thread, there is no way to put this particular gen...

THe fact that you can't see something which I and many others believe to be obvious, and instead describe it as 'vague', is only an indication of your...

Quite right! But this is one of the major points of contention that quantum physics threw up. Albert Einstein, for one, never accepted the questioning...

Philosophy has always grappled with the 'meaning of Being', explicitly or otherwise. You're not thinking philosophically, but like an engineer. I will...

He's not solving what you think is the issue. You see everything from the perspective of science and engineering - how does it work? What is the causa...

What you’ve described there is the empirical self — an individual being located in space and time, with experiences correlated to a body. It’s an accu...

I don't know about that! Sheldrake has published many scientific papers - dozens, in fact. He was trained entirely within orthodox biology: BA & PhD i...

I think this is a serious oversimplification. Aristotle does not abandon Forms; his hylomorphism is still a form–based ontology—the difference is that...

Sure. Thanks for your comments. From the passage above your post - why do you think the speaker says "It (physics) is screaming at us that observers r...

I don't accept that I misrepresented Janus' contributions, even though my description of them as naturalist empiricism was rejected. That is Janus' ba...

Actually I should clarify what I said above about Sheldrake - morphic resonance is Sheldrake’s controversial idea. The morphogenetic field is a relate...

Newsflash - just heard Sheldrake say that ‘Michael Levin and I both think that biological development comes about through morphogenetic fields.’ Just ...

Constructive disagreement is the lifeblood of philosophy. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpqsz_jHxq5eqaNcutUGNroVE6fGNE1WUaXENo...

You bet! I've been taking in his lectures the last few months. He has a role in the story I'm writing (under an alias, of course.) Which is intelligen...

It was not a presupposition. Remember, this went back to three passages I provided, from Gerson, Feser and Russell, in support of the general idea of ...

Of course you can. Saying that it is an appeal to empiricism is not a personal insult. It's a common philosophical attitude, and you're appealing to i...

Paraphrased: 'The only thing not amenable to explanation in physicalist terms is the question of the nature of being'. If experience or “qualia” is in...

I do endeavour to address your arguments with courtesy, reciprocation would be appreciated.

That is the John Stuart Mill argument, standard empiricism, 'all knowledge comes from experience'. Against that, is the fact that rational thought is ...

From New Scientist: The physicist who argues that there are no objective laws of physics article pdf | Daniele Oriti on Google Scholar

Questions of meaning, purpose, value, aesthetics. The scientific method is undoubtedly successful in respect of understanding objective processes and ...

The subjective reality of existence is ineliminable. Cogito ergo sum.

I take your point. My concern was more existential than transcendental: how, in the wake of the collapse of shared cosmic narratives, lived significan...

You’re eliding two very senses of “I” without noticing it. Yes — as a human organism, you are an objective existent. Your body, your brain, your behav...

A world without truth could not be, as there would be no actuality. Of course it is something each must realize by themselves, which is the task of ph...

I grant, the steam of images that comes out of our devices is endlessly fascinating. I can't argue with that. But on the other hand, it's also a windo...

It's not difficult! Everything around me now - a partial catalogue is monitor, powerbook, keyboard, iphone, speakers, desk, bookshelf, books, windows ...

Don't let me stop you! Although I generally refrain from involving myself in discussions of Neitszche, beyond the passing reference.

I too see the limitations of the Cartesian/Newtonian worldview, something I was alerted to by first reading The Tao of Physics in the 1970's. That boo...

And I'll be away until Monday next (I've responded to this comment due to monitoring the discussion.) :chin: The interaction is not something I deny. ...

That comment of Janus was in response to a gloss of the Platonist scholar Lloyd Gerson, which in turn was a gloss on Aristotle 'D'Anima' ('On the Soul...

Stick with that! Can't go wrong with it, unless you put unrealistic expectations on it (like seeing to gain from it.)

Well spotted, 180! And the only fact that the physicalist doesn't come to terms with, is the reality of her own existenz. But, I get it, people need s...

I'm reminded of a powerful quote I read in novelist John Fowles ('The Magus') excursion into philosophy, The Aristos. I read that book in my 20's and ...