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Lots of hand waving that "physics doesn't tell the full story of what's going on" without acute, specific, and accurate examples. The examples he gives are of a
by ccvannorman 4y ago
Lots of hand waving that "physics doesn't tell the full story of what's going on" without acute, specific, and accurate examples. The examples he gives are of ancient times (when "color", "sound" couldn't be explained.) Those examples are very clearly and perfectly described by modern physics.
What is the actual argument? I think this author simply felt like writing something, and when they didn't have anything to say, they went ahead and wrote the article anyway.
- danielam 4y ago> "color", "sound" […] are very clearly and perfectly described by modern physics. Except they are not, as objects of experience. They are redefined in physics. This is related to the problem of qualia. Materialists often attempt to consign qualia to the mind, but this merely passes the buck since the mind is just another bit of matter that cannot, according to the materialist’s own metaphysical commitments, “host” such things as qualia. Some materialists are so obstinately committed to materialism that, having realized this glaring flaw, will go so far as to embrace eliminativism which involves the denial of qualia on the grounds that materialism cannot account for them.