I’d said: . . . Then where’s the need for this additional Dualistic entity that you call “Consciousness”? . . Well, I said “Sure”, but I should be mor...
It was years ago when I looked at the "free-will" question, and, when I spoke about it yesterday, I'd forgotten what my conclusion at that time was. I...
I've looked up a number of definitions of "biological-reductionism. But if you want to say that I'm talking biological-reductionism, then you should s...
A completely vague statement. I've agreed that your own 1st-person point-of-view is the only really valid one, because it's what your life-experience ...
Sure. But your conscious experience is of your perceptions, feelings, preferences, wants, likes and dislikes among your surroundings, Those are exactl...
Alright, what's usually called "Spiritualism" differs from other Dualisms, in the fact that most Dualists don't talk to the spirits that they believe ...
Sure, Dualism is another word for what I mean. A better word, because it's more familiar, in philosophical discussion. But philosophical Dualisms soun...
A few messages ago, I said that I disagree if you say that the non-human animals don't have consciousness. But that contradicts my statement that mind...
Someone who believes in consciousness as something apart from the physical animal. Such a person believes in consciousness or mind as a separate metap...
We don't stay up late, and so i must sign-off for the evening, but let me just make a brief preliminary comment or two: I didn't mean to say that the ...
Alright I see what you mean. It's a matter of emphasis. We can say that what other people do is obviously a combined result of their biological makeup...
I don’t think there’s a disagreement here. It seems to me that we’re just talking about different matters. . I’d said: . . . With that I have to disag...
Incorrect. Just because the many other animal species on this planet can't speak human language, doesn't mean that they like it when they or their you...
Just a brief follow-up to my other post to this topic: For you, life is without meaning or purpose. (...except for the things that you like.) :) It's ...
But humans aren't as rational as they'd like to believe. It's a big exaggeration to say that rationality characterizes humans. "Here's an idea", said ...
You're right. We should be proud of the fact that we're the rogue species that is perpetrating a mass-extinction, and in the process of rendering the ...
Ii wasn't going to say anything, but this subject comes up so often here that it seems worthwhile to give a general answer: To all of you Materialists...
Here's what you'd said: I agree that we of course differ from the other animals. All the animals differ from eachother in various ways. And we differ ...
I just want to add that, at no time did I disparage Bach, Einstein, or people who play the trumpet, or cartoonish pictures of Manhattan-Island. What I...
Birds and insects have a capability that is demonstrably absent in humans--the ability to fly without mechanical assistance. Chameleons and octopi hav...
I meant multipl Sorry, Rich, but a physical world is more complicated than you might like it to be. Such a system of inter-referring hypotheticals inc...
I assumed that you were asking about assumptions, but, upon taking another look, your use of the word "facts" suggests that you were saying that the h...
It isn't provable which metaphysics is right, and maybe the matter of simple animal-ness vs elaborate theories isn't provable either. It's always poss...
What observation, experiment or experience doesn't fit the idea that we're all just the animal, and nothing more...without any extra-corporal componen...
I’d said: . . You replied: . . Shall I assume that that’s sarcasm? . If, by saying that what I said was unbiased, you meant that it’s biased, then in ...
A term's definition, or a statement, is ambiguous if it could have (at least) two meanings, and it isn't clear which of those meanings is intended. If...
Yes, even within metaphysical Physicalism, there are several varieties of Physicalism, the most extreme (and clearly-stated, even if wrong) one of whi...
Biology classifies us in the grouping "Animalia", because of our similarities and commonalities with other members of that grouping. Of is it just a c...
So, people playing trumpets, and a drawing of Manhattan Island are evidence that we aren't animals? No, they're merely evidence that we're a type of a...
Certainly a brute-fact is a belief, for someone who believes in the metaphysics that posits that brute-fact. Yes, and that the physical world exists i...
You're confusing Physicalism with Physics. Physics seeks to describe this physical world, its workings, the interactions of its parts. Phsyicalism is ...
. I'd said . . You replied: . . That's called a "brute-fact". As I said, Physicalism posits a brute-fact. . . Well, for one thing, the fact that Skept...
Oh really. How does Physicalism explain why there's this physical world which, according to Physicalism, is Reality itself. ... independently, fundame...
Absolutely not. If you aren't an administrator, I won't ask you to read the discussion that would be needed to support this, but Thanatos was habitual...
I think banning can only be done by administrators. Without it, Ignoring is the only remedy that's available. But I couldn't resist suggesting that ba...
It's well to recognize a distinction between suicide and medically-justified auto-euthanasia or requested euthanasia. If any individual feels that an ...
Ok, one last time. When Thanatos would post something that could be considered a reasonable question, I'd decided to return to answering him. But that...
Thanatos Sand is both of those things. I'd bet that even the most skeptical of the Greek Skeptics would unequivocally assert that. The forum guideline...
You're confusing separate statements. Yes, a belief in, or an assumption of, reincarnation would be contrary to skepticism. But no, you haven't shown ...
Quite so. Though a belief in, or assumption of, reincarnation would be inconsistent with skepticism, reincarnation, itself, isn't ruled-out by skeptic...
. You really believe that? . Even if you’re an Atheist and a Physiclist, and you’re sure of your Atheism and Physicalism, are you sure that suicide wi...
Just one comment: You keep quoting me as saying that reincarnation is consistent with skepticism (with a lower-case "s"). What I said was that reincar...
Well, what i said was that reincarnation is consistent with Skepticism. But since Skepticism is skepticism, then it could be said that reincarnation i...
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