4 ms·
> Just because we can't figure out a physical picture of consciousness doesn't mean there isn't one. didn't Descartes try to explain this hundreds of years ago
by catshirt 10y ago
> Just because we can't figure out a physical picture of consciousness doesn't mean there isn't one.
didn't Descartes try to explain this hundreds of years ago?
> it is the physical part that is the big mystery, rather than the consciousness part.
you say tomato, i say tomato. seems like the author is trying to mince words or use people's connotations of these words to start an argument.
- goatlover 10y agoThe author is stating that physicalism (formerly materialism) is true, however, physics fails to fully capture what it is to be physical, because it doesn't not include our experience of said physical world. Basically, our conceptual understanding is lacking. But dualists or idealists might say the same thing, so ...
- catshirt 10y ago> Basically, our conceptual understanding is lacking. But dualists or idealists might say the same thing, so ... my point exactly. :) i'm not sure whose eyes the author is trying to open.