Peter Jones writes: > > > Timeless universe, universes where everything that can exist > > > does exist, are not well founded empirically. > > > > So we should understand that you would criticize any notion, sometimes > > brought by physicists, of "block-universe". > > > Yes, I certainly would! It is unable to explain the subjective > passage of time. Dismissing the subjective sensation of the passge of > time > as "merely subjective" or "illusional" is a surreptitious > appeal to dualism and therefore un-physicalistic!
I don't know if block universe theories are true or not, but the subjective passage of time is not an argument against them. If mind is computation, do you believe that a conscious computation can tell if it is being run as a sequential series of steps or in parallel, without any external information? Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
