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> In the past, it seemed obvious that mind and matter were not the same stuff; the only question was whether they were connected. Everyone was a dualist. This
by ta1234567890 6y ago
> In the past, it seemed obvious that mind and matter were not the same stuff; the only question was whether they were connected. Everyone was a dualist.
This is a very western view. Many eastern religions and philosophies have, for thousands of years, expressed the unity of matter and consciousness (non-duality). Not only have they expressed it, but they developed exercises/practices to experience it.
- mtalantikite 6y agoThis was the first thing that jumped out at me, that clearly this was written by a westerner for westerners. There are thousands of years of practice in non-dualistic investigations of mind. It always bothers me that someone could write an entire article on this subject, presumably doing research to undertake the task, and write a statement with such certainty that is false.
- Natsu 6y agoIf we can ever move minds to different hardware, will dualism make a comeback?
- yters 6y agoSince the smallest particles of matter are indifferent, as far as we can tell (i.e. swapping one particle for another makes no difference in the physical state of the thing), then insofar as minds are individualized some kind of dualism is inescapable. This is because the mind must be at least an emergent phenomenon of some configuration, and the configuration is not affected by what particular particles make up the configuration.