On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 6:13:27 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > On 7 Nov 2019, at 19:13, Eva <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Galen Strawson say that consciousness is matter. I don't think so. When > I am unconscious my brain does not dissapear. > > I agree. To equate consciousness (which we know to exist) with Matter (an > unconscious construct of the mind in the mechanist theory of mind) does not > make much sense. It is a category error consisting in identifying what we > do not understand. > It is easier to explain the illusion of matter to someone conscious than > the illusion of consciousness (and what could that be?) to a piece of > matter. > > Bruno > > > > People will likely keep saying *X is not matter* - or the same thing: *X is not material* - where X = mind, consciousness - but it is the worst philosophical error in human history (as Rorty said).
I say ignore all books/writing that say the "not matter" thing, and throw away any such books you have in your library. @phillipthrift -- 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/e1f4fc2f-1a77-4726-a982-e76730252546%40googlegroups.com.
