Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Aug 2016, at 11:29, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: I have found a nice paper Jan Westerhoff, What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain, Erkenntnis (2016) 81:507–528 The author considers the logical consequences from the theory that the brain generates a virtual world.

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

2016-08-29 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > That would imply that people in sensory deprivation tanks would dream. I > don't think they do though they experience sensory illusions. > > Of course the interesting question is why do we sleep. When you're asleep > you're not actually dep