Re: Dualism as a cover-up "solution" to the mind-body problem

2012-11-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger says "that mind and body are completely contrary substances" Richard replies "what is dualism if not that?" On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Craig Weinberg > > The dualisms will work as fictions as long as you don't take > them too seriously. > > But keep in mind: >

Dualism as a cover-up "solution" to the mind-body problem

2012-11-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Craig Weinberg The dualisms will work as fictions as long as you don't take them too seriously. But keep in mind: IMHO all of those dualist positions are not logically valid. Instead, they are phoney attempts to get around the unresolveable issue that mind and body are completely contrar

Heraclitus gets his feet wet

2012-11-05 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal Heraclitus' point was that in this contingent world, nothing remains the same. As I understand it, the naturalist fallacy is to judge that something is good (in an ethical sense) because it is natural. Heraclitus makes no such judgment. I think H meant not the same river (suc

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