Heh, we seem to be talking past each other. I wonder if this might be because Slavboj might be a monist/physicalist, and you might be a dualist[2]? If that's t

Heh, we seem to be talking past each other. I wonder if this might be because Slavboj might be a monist/physicalist, and you might be a dualist[2]? If that's the case we'd all argue until we're blue in the face, if we don't at least recognize this underlying difference. For the record, since I've studied biology, I'm probably closest to some form of mechanism[3] (due to the rejection of vis vitalis [4] in early 20th c. ) Of course, you could also just be a very skeptical monist mindful of the kluger hans effect[5] and working from there. Let me know which (if any), maybe we can still find middle ground! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicalism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_dualism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_dualism [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_(philosophy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_(philosophy) [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans