Re: Dualism?

2011-08-28 Thread Stephen P. King
On 8/28/2011 11:06 PM, Jason Resch wrote: Capillary action is not a violation of the laws of physics. What about substance monism precludes any life form from existing? Also are you saying you are a substance dualist? Hi, Is 'substance dualism' the only form of dualism? Maybe you migh

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Jason Resch
On Aug 28, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Aug 28, 4:07 pm, Jason Resch wrote: On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Craig Weinberg Why do I have to choose between a song not existing or it being some kind if immaterial phantom in order to explain how one phenomenological text ca

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Aug 28, 4:07 pm, Jason Resch wrote: > On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Craig Weinberg   > > > Why do I have to choose between a song not existing or it being some > > kind if immaterial phantom in order to explain how one > > phenomenological text can be encoded through the patterns of other > >

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-08-28 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 28 Aug 2011, at 13:50, benjayk wrote: > >> >> >> Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 27 Aug 2011, at 23:31, benjayk wrote: >>> I won't answer to this post in detail, simply because I find it unsatisfying to discuss details that are very easy to

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Jason Resch
On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Aug 28, 3:07 am, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: It's not something physical that eludes detection, it's just a matter of understanding that a stem cell doesn't have any purpose

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-08-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Aug 2011, at 13:50, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Aug 2011, at 23:31, benjayk wrote: I won't answer to this post in detail, simply because I find it unsatisfying to discuss details that are very easy to see for me, yet hardly communicable. Honestly, for all intents and

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Aug 28, 5:21 am, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On 25/08/2011, at 12:37 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > You're giving evolution an active role. Evolution can't program > > anything. It's the agents themselves which embody characteristics > > which happen to be selected for. Evolution cannot prog

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Aug 28, 3:07 am, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Craig Weinberg > wrote: > > It's not something physical that eludes detection, it's just a matter > > of understanding that a stem cell doesn't have any purpose on a > > chemical level in developing into different

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-08-28 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Aug 2011, at 23:31, benjayk wrote: > >> >> I won't answer to this post in detail, simply because I find it >> unsatisfying >> to discuss details that are very easy to see for me, yet hardly >> communicable. >> Honestly, for all intents and purposes I have com

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-08-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Aug 2011, at 23:31, benjayk wrote: I won't answer to this post in detail, simply because I find it unsatisfying to discuss details that are very easy to see for me, yet hardly communicable. Honestly, for all intents and purposes I have come to the conclusion that it is just totally

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 25/08/2011, at 12:37 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > You're giving evolution an active role. Evolution can't program > anything. It's the agents themselves which embody characteristics > which happen to be selected for. Evolution cannot program a stone to > feel pain. How does that answer the

Re: bruno list

2011-08-28 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > It's not something physical that eludes detection, it's just a matter > of understanding that a stem cell doesn't have any purpose on a > chemical level in developing into different kinds of tissue in the > body. It only makes sense from t