Re: death of the mind.

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 16:06:29 GMT

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:57:14 +0100, David Longley
<David@longley.demon.co.uk> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>In article <185Rc.49733$Vm1.1247946@news20.bellglobal.com>, Allan C
>Cybulskie <allan.c.cybulskie@yahoo.ca> writes
>>
>>"David Longley" <David@longley.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:ekmMmeGLHNFBFwmP@longley.demon.co.uk...
>>> In article <Rb3Rc.44109$Jq2.2048676@news20.bellglobal.com>, Allan C
>>> Cybulskie <allan.c.cybulskie@yahoo.ca> writes
>>> >> No, you don't understand. It isn't a matter of "positing" anything.
>>> >
>>> >If you aren't positing that behaviourism is the best explanation of mind,
>>> >why in the world are you arguing with people who claim that it isn't?
>>> >
>>> Again, that's a question you should think about more carefully instead
>>> of assuming you already know.
>>
>>Actually, it's a question that you should answer, since it's a question
>>about YOUR motivations and intentions. I do not assume that I know the
>>answer because I have no way to determine with 100% what those things are
>>for you. To claim that I can is just you demonstrating yet again the flaw
>>in the behaviourist approach to mind and intelligence.
>
>More gibberish. I really don't care whether you see flaws in what you
>*think* is "the behaviourist approach". You clearly don't know what
>you're talking about. I'm just letting you know that I get irritated by
>the idiotic things that you say. Why should it matter to me one way or
>another whether you spend your time rummaging around through rubbish?

Good to know what irritates you, David. And of course it shouldn't
matter to you whether I rummage through rubbish. That's why I don't
bother with behaviorist exegetics and polemics.

Regards - Lester

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