On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:43 PM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 22 Jul 2019, at 14:12, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:17 PM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 22 Jul 2019, at 08:09, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Nozick's closest continuer theory was developed in the light of data >> from, and experience of, split brain individuals, which are the closest we >> can currently come to the idea of personal duplication. The philosophy of >> personal identity is complex, and there are not necessarily any clear >> winners in the debate. In my opinion, that is a cogent reason for being >> sceptical about Bruno's simplistic models. >> >> >> Ad hominem insult. >> > > Bullying again, Bruno! > > > No, you did the bullying here, toward me, or toward all people studying > the very rich and subtle consequence of the Mechanist hypothesis in the > cognitive science. > > If not, you would have used “simple models” or even “elegant” instead of > “simplistic models", > I said "simplistic" because I meant simplistic. That is, over-simplifying by ignoring many of the most important characteristics in order to further an agenda, but not to enlighten in any objective sense. Bruce > which is only insulting, without argument or justification. After Gödel, > not only is “mechanism” not a simplistic issue, but it provides a vaccine > against all reductionist conception of the natural number, or digital > machines. > > Bruno > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLSD0xdUNYRwsCAWW6FufWvNWwSg%3DYx1G8d_5K-O1shHEg%40mail.gmail.com.
