... Therefore, the list shows the opposite of what you wanted to show. Science did not work to support fundamental dualism in any of the first three cases. ......
... entertain ... I'm not sure I follow you here. Surely I do not argue for property monism. I argue for substance monism. Are you telling me that mind/matter...
... The nature of dualism fits into a paper I'm currently writing for a course. I've encountered the following sorts of dualisms which seem to be lurking in...
Hi Paul, I agree with most of your post. I suggest State/Process duality to give an example of a duality that doesn't betray substance monism. Although states...
The human brain is the model. It can be approached in two ways. 1.. From the inside. This leads to meditation on thinking, logic, and emotion. 2.. From the...
In a message dated 01/12/2004 22:59:47 GMT Standard Time, rscan@... writes: The human brain is the model. It can be approached in two ways. 1.. From...
I am currently trying to write a paper with a semi-realistic formalisation of the problem of acting within the world and have come across a lack within most...
From Dictionary.com Monism: 1.The view in metaphysics that reality is a unified whole and that all existing things can be ascribed to or described by a single ...
... ... Well John, it may be better to work with the definitions from the dictionary of philosophy of mind and stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. The...
... Why do we have to admit to dualism to point out that information is about differences? Suppose we admitted to monism and found out that the concept of ...
... Maybe John would like to explain what he means by difference. However, information theory I think makes a good job in making a materialist sense of...
... Maybe John would like to explain what he means by difference. ... So, information does not need to require an ontological dualism, like in John's list. Did...
... I summarized it on the wikipedia page. Follow external links to find out more. ... The section about ontological dualism was not present, the text was ...
Eray: I have been reviewing the philosophy references on http://en.wikipedia.org/ and I'm starting to believe that I may be the source of the problem. I have...
I have been thinking about the implication of two topics posted to this board which got very few responses. #1 Piraha tribe and linguistic determinisim ...
A symbolic language relies on references. Since we need to use familiar terms to refer to different kinds of things, and since a single referent may be...
Your list was okay, and you can think about property or predicate dualism in a way that does not entail substance dualism. I wrote a wikipedia entry on...
... to ... I think there should be an easier way to tell this in English. Especially the second definition may be too circular to be useful. Does it explain...
... I expressed it that way to be funny. The problem is that it gets even more complicated when you are trying to speak about a referent that is itself an...
... These classification words are not used only to classify, and when they are so used, the classifications may not be strict. The classification of concepts...
... Cool - very cyberpunk! Robin -- "Force has no place where there is need of skill." - Herodotus Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey ...
... A prediction of my theory "multism": there is no fundamental difference between brain and extra-brain events, and therefore when we start interfacing with...
I'm curious why a lot of bad examples get endless repetition in the philosophy of mind, the water/H2O case (cited also here in the plato.stanford site) being...
... (philosophically ... As originally conceived, mind-body problem assumes substance dualism, so it is nonsense. I never said that we should understand it...
... (I didn't mean to suggest you promoted this idea -- just that so many others have.) ... I like the SEP, but it's just this example (water/H2O) I've seen...
In the interest of physicalism, as it relates to philosophy of mind, there is no distinction between physical and mental states. Changes in brain states...
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