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that’s seems to be the panpsychist view

Thanks. Just for the sake of this specific thread, are there any specific references to my original issue - dualism - that you could point to?

Ervin Laszlo's introduction to systems theory is a great read. Perfect. I have read somethings on systems theory. I'll read then Laszlo and cross-refe...

Fantastic. This gives me an area to read up on. Thanks. So systems theory would suggest matter and non-matter are all part of the same system....put v...

The issue isn't whether it's mysterious or not, I'm asking how it works. Just because something "is happening" should we not look for the mechanism(s)...

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what ethics has to do with the belief in other minds, but I'm talking about something you can wonder about within y...

I just want to clarify that everyone here is familiar with Elizabeth of Bohemia and the subsequent argument by many philosophers (ex. Hume) who saw th...

so you believe we create reality. Do you believe there is any material world, outside of our perceptions? I guess my question is aimed at people here ...

yes these are all aspects of it. I’m interested in your feelings on the topic.

interesting. So you don’t feel there’s a question of how thoughts and persecution’s can cause material substances to move?

I understand panpsychism. So do you believe that when you die, you’re consciousness, as in your perceptions abd experiences, will carry on?

that’s the whole issue, isn’t it? Is consciousness an outside process or a mental process that is part of the brain

you said “ So even if solipsism is neither refutable nor provable, it does not follow that it is correct.” My response was “I’m not saying it’s correc...

agreed - yes it’s a fallacy. Nothing is limited to one side or the other.

I didn’t say it was correct. I said it was irrefutable, and also unprovable. And the fact that I - or anybody - rejects solipsism doesn’t mean it isn’...

when Neo was in the matrix did he not have reactions like you mention?

see my definition. If “everything I experience is in my mind” - that would include all my feelings including the ones you mentioned. If I really belie...

thanks for the info on wayfarer!

as far as I understand, Descartes considered the cogito as just the beginning. He then went on to try proving the existence of other minds and a mater...

the fact is that solipsism as a theory is irrefutable. And unprovable. If everything i experience is just within my own mind, including other people a...

but can we know that there are other minds?

agreed! Yes, I should have said “verified” instead of “proved,” but we’re on the same page re: science.

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exactly. If a scientist has an untenable theory, other scientists will point it out, and this critique can - as it does in this case - lead to positiv...

Yes I see what you (and Hossenfelder) are saying. I'm just not sure what the problem with an unprovable theory would be, in practical terms.

"observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic crit...

at this point I’m just lurking, sorry for barging in, but your statement “We are "bags of chemistry and much more due to the complexity of that chemis...

ok we’ll I’ll keep this simple. - you’re right - you weren’t really committing ad hominem, I went back and reread your posts more carefully. My apolog...

yes ad hominem. It says to critique the argument made, not the person who made it. If Einstein was a sex offender, the theory of special relativity wo...

I'm a musician. Do you know how many awful people made great music? The list is huge, but let's start with John Lennon. Beat women, beat MEN, was verb...

Certainly not with my posts — GLEN willows With every post I'm afraid. Your penmanship though is really something BTW in case my humour is too dry - o...

Umm I believe it’s called the Ad Hominem fallacy?

Since when is it one or the other? Either “eternal consciousness” or “wild ferment” and emptiness and unhappiness? If so, I should alert all the happy...

Didn't think so - that one looked pretty trashy and woo woo.

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Lol - I write left-handed. Same as your compliment! :lol:

Certainly not with my posts :smile: :rofl: :grin:

[ Where does this theory derive from, it deals with a lot of scientific principles. Can you quote some studies?

Oh Come on!!

This? http://www.enformationism.info/Enformity/

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so according to this, would holism consider consciousness an emergent property, as suggested by Chalmers?

I’d call it common courtesy- even though you don’t answer my queries.

always with the cryptic quips. At least you reply. I think I’ve been voted off the island by the rest.

I’m still astounded that a major philosophy forum is so reticent to discuss science in a serious way. I know avoiding simple questions is a standard t...

sure let’s end this. Not because we’re off topic - the topic is science, but because you aren’t fully grasping my points, some of which we actually ag...

just as the immensely complicated optic system we call the eye is too complex to have just “happened” naturally?

:fire: :clap: finally a hearty YES from me.

You Said - 'This is often my answer to those who believe --some of them are quite certain-- that consciousness is a product of and located in the brai...