"Reductionism is the view that all mental processes can be reduced or explained by brain mechanisms."
I thought it was the view that phenomena can be explained by simpler phenomena (until such time as you hit bottom) ? On 30 October 2013 00:09, Richard Ruquist <yann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Roger, > > Having just learned a thing or two from Bruno, > it strikes me that Leibniz monads are Aristotelian rather than Platonic > just like my string cosmology. > Richard > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> Leibniz's platonism and the false problem of reductionism >> >> In physics and psychology we have two enigmas if materialism rules, >> those of spontaneous mental intentions (so that there is no free will) >> and also >> that of spontaneous (probabililistic) events such as we find in >> statistical mechanics >> and quantum mechanics. >> >> But under Leibniz's platonism, these dilemmas vanish. >> >> Reductionism is the view that all mental processes can be reduced or >> explained >> by brain mechanisms. But true intentions, where physical actions are >> initiated >> by the mind, not the brain, obviously fail this test, so it is a puzzle >> swept >> under the rug by the cult of materialism. Free will also then disappears >> and creation is enigmatic. >> >> Leibniz's platonism is the inverse view in which all observed or >> possible brain functions >> are controlled by mind, so that reductionism vanishes as a problem and >> the will, with possibly some limitations, is free to create. All causes in >> Leibniz's world are thoughts. >> >> Similarly, if there is no need >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] >> See my Leibniz site at >> http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough >> >> -- >> 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
