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But it does: https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/01/against-neurobabble.html https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/01/against-neurobabble...
by bobthechef 8y ago
But it does: https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/01/against-neurobabble.html https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/01/against-neurobabble...
- skybrian 8y agoThat article is a good start at avoiding naive dualism but doesn't grapple with the computational requirements of brain activity. A triangle drawn on a page doesn't need to calculate. The sort of thing I'm thinking of is Oliver Sack's writing about various mental disorders. A theory of mind needs to explain how thinking can be degraded in specific ways when certain parts of the brain are damaged. Not to mention mental development in children, the effects of old age, of being tired or distracted, of hormones, of various drugs, our similarities with other animals, cognitive illusions, and so on. These place a lot of constraints on what consciousness could be.