Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:48:56 GMT

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:01:50 -0500, Tony Orlow (aeo6)
<aeo6@cornell.edu> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Albert said:
>> Tony Orlow (aeo6) wrote:
>> > Albert said:
>> >
>> >>robert j. kolker wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>Tony Orlow (aeo6) wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>Let's draw an anology to the mind.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>You mean brain and nervous system don't you? There is no evidence that
>> >>>mind as a separate subrance from the physical stuff of which we are
>> >>>made, exists. Slice open a human being and you will find bloody goo.
>> >>>Where is the mind?
>> >>
>> >>It is true that mind is not a separate substance. Mind in an
>> >>emergent phenomenon dependent on the physical substrate of the
>> >>the bloody goo. You destroyed the mind when you killed the goo.
>> >
>> > I agree. Mind is the function of brain.
>>
>> I wouldn't say that. The function of brain is much more
>> primitive than mind. That's why I say that mind is an emergent
>> phenomenon dependent on the physical substrate of brain.

>I wouldn't say brain is more primitive than mind. Brains are pretty
>damned complex, and I don't believe mind is as complex or mysterious as
>many seem to think. Of course that's not an argument anyone can win at
>this point. More a matter of opinion.

I think the point Albert was making was that of logical primitivity
not relative complexity.
 
>>
>> > I won't try to defend this
>> > position, but I also hold open the possibility that mind may exist
>> > independent of a brain, though it doesn't make sense to me at this time.
>>
>>
>>
>
>--
>Smiles,
>
>Tony

Regards - Lester

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