On 22 Jun 2013, at 22:43, John Mikes wrote:
Bruno I admire you for responding to everything, no matter how
irrelevant.
Have a pleasant summer
It is my way, I always interpret favorably, without too much attention
of words, until I see the real discrepancies if there is one. I can
relate with some people's talk, even when I don't follow them on some
important other point.
Maybe I shouldn't exaggerate. Some people might think I agree
completely, and get susceptible when I put the finger on the
discrepancies.
I dunno ...
Best,
Bruno
John
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be>
wrote:
On 22 Jun 2013, at 03:26, Roger Clough wrote:
Materialists believe apparently strange things, such as that mind
is matter.
What if mind is matter ?
Then mind would be quantized, and there would be particles of mind
(psychon, as someone named it).
Comp would be false, but some other mechanist assumption would
remain correct. Just be sure your doctor put the right psychon in
the artificial brain.
I find comp more plausible, and as having a bigger explanatory
power. Even for matter, I am not convinced by the "particle" idea.
Bruno
If mind is matter, if thought is particular, can you explain then
how such particles think ?
Do they mull around until they vote one to be the leader, who
organzies
the rest of the unruly mob ? And what orders does he give them ? Etc.
Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000]
See my Leibniz site at
http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough
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