Something like a "material" witness?
Geoff C
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Subject: Re: Materiality
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:56:04 EST
In a message dated 11/30/08 2:11:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> That wouldn't demonstrate the materiality
> of consciousness to me.
>
This is an interesting line for the way it indicates what different notions
people can have in mind with the same word. Generally, "material" is taken
to
be contrasted with "notional" (or in some circles "spiritual"). On the
other
hand, a physicalist might claim that this is exactly what he believes --
i.e.
that feelings, ideas, mental images etc are solely neural flesh. And that
those who claim that "consciousness" or "notions" are a different,
non-material,
non-spatial kind of entity are seriously mistaken. In sum, they believe
in
the materiality of consciousness.
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