On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:34 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/30/2020 9:59 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > Therefore, panpsychism does not require that such ordinary objects [like > tables, chairs and *rocks*] have mentality > > > Right. Having solved the problem of where mentality comes from by simply > asserting it's inherent in everything, then panspychism was faced with the > problem that ordinary objects were obviously not conscious (Aaronson's > common sense critereon). So this solved that asserting that only special > arrangements of fundamental particles are conscious. Panpsychists haven't > been able to say exactly which arrangements are conscious but some people > are betting in brains. > In other words, panpsychism, like IIT, is load of ad hoc drivel. Bruce -- 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/CAFxXSLQxr2aO4vLjrcGYU%2Br-zSnF0n-7d%2BU6TEbEh8i2YvYpOA%40mail.gmail.com.
