On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:08 PM, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017  Terren Suydam <terren.suy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> ​>> ​
>>> ​I did not asked for a goddam theory, I asked for an example, an
>>> example of a mind that does not involve a system of parts working together.
>>> And you can provide no such example because none exists.
>>>
>>
>> ​> ​
>> How do you know?
>> ​
>> When it comes to minds, all we have are theories and introspection.
>>
>
> That is incorrect, we also have examples of minds. I did not ask for
> anything as ambitious as an explanation of how a mind works, I did not ask
> for a theory, I asked for
> ​ something far more modest,​
> an example.
> ​All I want is ​
> a
> ​n​
> example of a mind that is not a system of parts working together.  Bruno
> could not provide such an example, if you can I will retract my statement
> that none exists. I'm all ears!!
>

What's an example of a mind that *is* a system of parts working together?
And please don't give an answer that requires a theory of how minds work.

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