On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > On a peculiar blind spot in materialists > > Materialists have a peculiar blind spot > in that they do not understand what is meant by > the subject/object distinction. The difference > between subjective and objective being. > > That is the ddiference between mind and brain in that > mind is a subjective state and brain is purely objective. > > brain is object > consciousness or mind is subject + object. > > Leibniz makes this clear in his concept of monads. > > > Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 5/26/2013 > See my Leibniz site at > http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough
There's obviously a difference between the subjective and the objective. Eliminative materialists say that the subjective does not really exist because only those entities which can be defined objectively exist. This strikes me as a way of using language differently rather than a substantive position. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
