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Maybe I didn't clarify that enough. As I said, all the folk expressions (as the churchland's call them) will eventually be just empty descriptors. Lik...

I encourage him to school me. "Saying I can break down (analyze) mental phenomena into biological processes isn't the same as saying I can build (synt...

Fantastic....and very interesting. Holonomic...that's a new one.

Isaac - I agree Wayfarer is attributing claims to the Churchland's that they aren't making. If he read their actually writings, they believe conscious...

Sorry Wayfarer but I have to agree with your critics.

Went out for a bit and came back to all these comments, I wasn't expecting this. Remember the last time I tried this topic I was told I'd be eaten for...

The point is if your kid asks how that instrument (sax) works, you can explain it. By that logic there's no point in explaining the mechanics behind a...

I couldn't agree more. Just as some people still don't accept evolution, quantum entanglement and there's a growing movement of "flat earthers." No jo...

". How about grammar? Syntax? Semantics? Do you think they will be explained in terms of neuroscience?" Why not? And qualia and quale have been used b...

describing a Beethoven piece as a "variation of wave pressure" is correct right? It's just a different way of describing the same phenomenon. But when...

"We" are just pretending? Who is we. And what does "neuroscience explanation is unable to meet our subjectvity" mean? ....

Fair enough cuthbert - thanks for replying. I’m not being belligerent, and I’ll go back and read some more Wittgenstein and get back to you. But I sai...

Are you familiar with Wittgenstein’s argument Re: colour?

I found an essay that sums it up like this: "Wittgenstein seems to be more equivocal when it comes to propositions like ‘There cannot be a transparent...

I've made this analogy before but again - if I said "beautiful bright yellow sun in the sky, and gorgeous blue sky" would it make sense if you saw bro...

Colour blindness is not the issue. If you're colour blind you know objectively that you're seeing colours differently from a non-colour blind person. ...

"There is not necessarily a clash here. We know the wavelength of light is how colors are seen. We know the eye takes in colors and the brain interpre...

This is exactly my point though. If you see what I call "yellow" as grey - as when the sky is cloudy it's hard to imagine it appearing to you as cheer...

We seem to be slipping into a discussion of whether there is an objective reality. I'm an empiricist - but that's not what I'm arguing re: colours.

Thanks for the response, and no, I definitely don't want to go up against Wittgenstein. Colour blindness is due to a fault in CERTAIN humans, and it c...

Thanks!

Agreed. Again, my question was "why say something bad instead of something good when cloaked with anonymity?" And my personal belief is human behaviou...

I've had far more nasty things thrown at me than “But you’re still wrong haha!” (the "haha" put there to clearly show I'm teasing, it also followed me...

What is human behavior? Is that some sort of material object? Don't start...haha.

Good points, but I just think there's a certain nastiness the net brings out in people, and I'm not sure why, but I think Oliver5 is right that anonym...

Hilarious. You're right - we all push people's buttons and I can be passive-aggressive although I HATE admitting it haha. It's hard for me - being soc...

Totally agree. I've sometimes wondered if this should change. Should people have to post at least their names (NOT other details) to prevent really se...

Thanks for replying

I see what you're saying. I definitely wasn't implying I'm better or more calm than anyone else.

Maybe check my post to Wayfarer above yours to see that, with the right interlocuter, I can place nice.

I'll grant you I can be pointed in my comments. But I'm really not being passive-aggressive, my thought with this post really was to understand the ne...

I'll read it, but I've read many others. have you read any Churchland? Wayfarer - my hat goes off to you, if I wore a hat. That was the best summation...

I'm seeing why people are so anti-materialist here. They think that materialism denies that consciousness, qualia, feelings et al are either "real" or...

Wayfarer - Dead bodies don’t life their arms or anything else so why volitional movement is regarded as being solely material is beyond me. Bodies die...

I tried to address a few of those in the thread you started on it. But as far as I can see, the arguments are only ‘air-tight’ because you’re predispo...

Could you answer my questions?

It's a diverse community, but it feels like I stepped over a forbidden line here, not with you but others.

Well I've seen lots of materialists engage in arguments, including Dennet. I definitely agree he's pompous, but his arguments against non-materialism ...

Are Dennett and the Churchlands considered the bad guys here? I'm a huge fan of the C's, so if their theory is "pretty atrocious philosophy (if it act...

Your description is perfect thanks. Maybe I'm just been on wrong threads. Cheers.

First off, I wasn't whining about my own thread. I've seen many many other examples of other pairs of people going after each other. I could give a da...

Doesn’t a human life imply that it exist for the sake of something higher than that? This is the supposition I can't understand.

Well, I think it depends on a) your situation and b) your expectations. I think if you want life to make you happy, you'll be disappointed. I suffered...

I'm quietly enjoying this forum. :smile:

I agree. I think philosophy should be about the reality of existence, not dreaming of a better life. It's about truth, not "I wish." My only quibble i...

In my philosophy I only have one life, so I'd better get moving on it right now! :wink:

I think there's confusion here between the concepts of "find" and "create. Our purpose, to answer the topic question, is to spread our genes, nurture ...

And I said that when the baby grows up she/he may not have as much time to do those things. Anyway I feel like I've beaten it to death now, cheers.

"Do you notice an awkwardness in your thinking? Awkwardness almost to the the point of an inability to think the words at all?" Nope

Doing what?