Re: Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, July 18, 2014 3:08:40 PM UTC-4, Gabriel Bodeen wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:02:18 AM UTC-5, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> So often it becomes clear to me in debating the issues of consciousness >> that they are missing something which cannot be replaced by logic. The way >>

Re: Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-18 Thread Gabriel Bodeen
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:02:18 AM UTC-5, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > So often it becomes clear to me in debating the issues of consciousness > that they are missing something which cannot be replaced by logic. The way > that many people think, especially those who are very intelligent in math

Re: Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:06:27 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 16 Jul 2014, at 15:02, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > http://www.autism-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/TOM-in-TD-and-ASD.pdf > > > This test was also originally devised by Wellman and Estes, and involves > askin

Re: Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 9:53:43 AM UTC-4, David Nyman wrote: > > On 16 July 2014 14:02, Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > > but I would say it is very likely that having mindreading-empathy deficits >> on the autistic spectrum would tend to result in a strong bias against >> idealism, panpsychis

Re: Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Jul 2014, at 15:02, Craig Weinberg wrote: http://www.autism-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/TOM-in-TD-and-ASD.pdf This test was also originally devised by Wellman and Estes, and involves asking the child what the brain is for. They found that normal 3-4 year olds already know

Re: Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-16 Thread David Nyman
On 16 July 2014 14:02, Craig Weinberg wrote: but I would say it is very likely that having mindreading-empathy deficits > on the autistic spectrum would tend to result in a strong bias against > idealism, panpsychism, free will, or the hard problem of consciousness. I must say I've often wonder

Autism, Aspbergers, and the Hard Problem

2014-07-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
http://www.autism-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/TOM-in-TD-and-ASD.pdf This test was also originally devised by Wellman and Estes, and involves asking the child what the brain is for. They found that *normal 3-4 year olds already know that the brain has a set of mental functions*, s