On 25 September 2013 15:41, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/24/2013 6:32 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 25 September 2013 13:38, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is also true of materialism. Whether you think this is a problem >> or not depends on whether you think the "hard problem" is a problem or >> not. >> > > Indeed. I was about to say something similar (to the effect that it's > hard to imagine how "mere atoms" can have sights, sounds, smells etc > either). > > > As a rule, if you want to explain X you need to start from something > without X. > > Absolutely.
If you know of such an explanation, or even the outlines of one, I'd be interested to hear it. As Russell said, this is the so-called "hard problem" so any light (or sound, touch etc) on it would be welcome. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
