Re: What gives an object its identity
From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 12/27/04
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Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:51:26 -0500
reany@asu.edu wrote:
> Is identity something that objectively belongs to every subset of the
> universe, or is it a free creation of the human mind awarded to some of
> the subsets only for its subjective expedience to human
> conceptualization?
The human mind is the human brain in operation. Since the brain is a
physical thing, how free is it in its actions. The mushy goo in between
our ears is subject to the same physical laws as sunlight and snowfall.
Thought is ions going through a membrane.
Bob Kolker
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