> [Chris]: > I'm writing some history papers etc, but I did amuse myself > a while ago by asking around a bit on a internet forum with a > philosophy section about how people defined ideas and thoughts. > About the only answers I got was "electrical impulses in the brain" > - meaning basically that they don't think there is anything but > objects. I was just wondering, how would any of you > answer to this.
[Ian]: > Chris, I would say Ideas and thoughts exist as ... > patterns that emerge in, or can be represented in, patterns in > physio-electro-chemical activities in a "brain". [Krimel]: > Nice answer, Ian. I was prepared to just say, yes. Except electrical > impulses aren't strictly speaking objects and the impulses in the brain > are > at least as much chemical pulses as they are electrical. But, yeah, what > you > said... [Ham] Yeah, yeah. Certainly can't be anything but "objects" -- that would make it mystical, supernatural, even theistic! Except that thoughts, ideas, patterns, and impulses are not objects, substances, or things. Maybe consciousness is a level like Intellect. Where is Bo when we need him? [Krimel] Since electrical impulses were in there, we had objects and energy to work with. Metaphysically speaking if you have objects and energy you can build just about any kind of universe imaginable in time. But I will grant you that if you throw in the supernatural you can absolutely any kind of universe you want in no time flat. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
