On 5 August 2014 11:59, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:40 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 8/4/2014 4:23 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> Not is a David Lynch movie useful to reduce obesity. What's your point >> exactly? >> > That a good theory of consciousness should be useful for treating people >> with mental problems. >> > Only if you already assume emergentism. Otherwise a good theory of brain > could be enough. > > This looks like a good example of Kuhnian paradigms. Obviously a good theory of consciousness is only good for treating mental problems if consciousness is something that is (in some sense) secreted or created by the brain. Otherwise you aren't addressing consciousness itself, only the contents of consciousness, which I imagine we all agree are brain-dependant. So until you know what consciousness actually is, you are like the bad neighbours arguing from different premises. -- 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/d/optout.
