On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 4:40:03 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:34 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > [email protected] <javascript:>> 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 >
True for those who never dropped LSD. AG -- 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/dafbed67-78f7-452d-accb-5f027ae6ab36%40googlegroups.com.
