On 10.10.2012 21:45 Craig Weinberg said the following:
> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:27:52 PM UTC-4, Evgenii Rudnyi
> wrote:
...
Then there is Reductive Physicalisms: Mental states are identical
to physical states. It is not functionalism though, as everything
goes through physical states directly. The difference with
eliminativism is subtle.
Too subtle for me maybe. What does one say that the other doesn't?
Reductive Physicalisms starts with a metaphysical assumptions that
mental states are identical to physical states. Hence it is a starting
point that consciousness is identical with some physical states.
Eliminativism on the other side plays induction. They say that the
history of science shows us that physics explains us more and more from
the area of consciousness. The conclude by induction that at some day
physics will explains everything of consciousness.
Evgenii
You will find nice podcasts about it at
A Romp Through the Philosophy of Mind
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/romp-through-philosophy-mind
Thanks! Will check em out when I can!
Craig
Evgenii -- http://blog.rudnyi.ru/2012/08/philosophy-of-mind.html
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