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Or we will realise the conclusions of the 17th century philosophers, that there is no coherent notion of physical/material. Anything we can reason about is a co
by tikwidd 5y ago
Or we will realise the conclusions of the 17th century philosophers, that there is no coherent notion of physical/material. Anything we can reason about is a construction of the mind on the occasion of sense.
- silent_cal 5y agoYes it starts with the senses, but at a certain point the mind abstracts immaterial notions from physical reality, such as justice, truth, point, line, and so on. So the mind must be immaterial.
- tikwidd 5y agoIf there is no coherent notion of physical or material, there is no notion of immaterial either. Chomsky talks about this at length in "The Machine, The Ghost and the Limits of Understanding" (previously discussed on HN here [1]). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448901
- silent_cal 5y agoIf there were no coherent notion of physical & material, then we wouldn't have words for them.