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I don’t think you know whether I have a mind or not.

• pdonis 4y ago
  If you object to the term "mind", just leave it out and read "brain and mind" as just "brain". I'm a physicalist so I don't think the mind is something separate from the brain anyway, so it's all the same to me.
  • mietek 4y ago
    I don’t object to “mind”, but it’s famously unprovable whether other beings we presume to be conscious actually experience internal mental states. See also: qualia, p-zombies, the hard problem of consciousness.
    • pdonis 4y ago
      > it’s famously unprovable whether other beings we presume to be conscious actually experience internal mental states It's also famously unprovable that there is not an invisible dragon in my garage that cannot be detected by any means whatever, to use Carl Sagan's example. That doesn't mean such an idea is worth discussing or including in your thought processes.
  • canniballectern 4y ago
    If a jellyfish was able to have a conversation with you where it credibly described what it's like to be conscious, would you reject it because it doesn't have a brain and therefore cannot have a mind in the same sense as you?
    • pdonis 4y ago
      Show me such a jellyfish and I'll give you an answer.