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>because various material things can change our consciousness. LSD, for example. I feel really encouraged here, because I think this example has surfaced recen
by glenstein 2y ago
>because various material things can change our consciousness. LSD, for example.
I feel really encouraged here, because I think this example has surfaced recently (to my awareness at least) of a good example of material impacts on conscious states that seems to get through to everybody.
- lupusreal 2y agoIt's a pretty old argument tbqh. Also, mind altering drugs are basically just more subtle forms of the Phineas Gage thing.
- glenstein 2y agoRight, you can cite, say, lobotomies, concussions etc all day long but I think eyes glaze over and it hinges on the examples you choose. I think the one about drugs is helpful because it speaks to the special things the mind does, the kind of romanticized essentialism that's sometimes attributed to consciousness, in virtue of which it supposedly is beyond the reach of any physicalist accounting or explanation.