Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
, rclo...@verizon.net 10/23/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-22, 12:49:30 Subject: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists On 21 Oct 2012

Re: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-23 Thread Roger Clough
the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-22, 12:49:30 Subject: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists On 21 Oct 2012, at 21:51, Roger Clough wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 Oct 2012, at 21:51, Roger Clough wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-21 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the materialists do,

Re: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-21 Thread Roger Clough
Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-21, 03:37:19 Subject: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Oct 2012, at 19:51, Stephen P. King wrote: On 10/20/2012 10:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just

The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-20 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the materialists do, that the mind has no necessary function. Which is nonsense, at least to a

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the materialists do, that the mind has no necessary

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 10/20/2012 10:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the