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Subject: Re: Where's the agent ? Who or what does stuff and is aware of stuff ?
On 8/11/2012 6:00 AM, Roger wrote:
Hi meekerdb
No, the agent is not part of the material world, it is nonmaterial.
It has no extension and so is outside of spacetime.
Mind itself is such (as Descartes
: Where's the agent ? Who or what does stuff and is aware of
stuff ?
On 8/11/2012 6:00 AM, Roger wrote:
Hi meekerdb
No, the agent is not part of the material world, it is nonmaterial.
It has no extension and so is outside of spacetime.
Mind itself is such (as Descartes observed
On 10 Aug 2012, at 14:53, Roger wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
But Dennet has no agent to react to all of those signals.
To perceive. To judge. To cause action.
To do those, an agent has to be unified and singular -- a point of
focus--
and there's no propect for such in current neuroscience/
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Time: 2012-08-10, 15:16:55
Subject: Re: Where's the agent ? Who or what does stuff and is aware of stuff ?
On 8/10/2012 5:53 AM, Roger wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
But Dennet has no agent to react to all of those signals.
To perceive. To judge. To cause action.
If he had an agent he
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On 8/10/2012 5:53 AM, Roger wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
Hi Russell Standish
But Dennet has no agent to react to all of those signals.
To perceive. To judge. To cause action.
To do those, an agent has to be unified and singular -- a point of focus--
and there's no propect for such in current neuroscience/neurophilosophy.
Hence I follow Leibniz, even
On 8/10/2012 5:53 AM, Roger wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
But Dennet has no agent to react to all of those signals.
To perceive. To judge. To cause action.
If he had an agent he would have failed to explain anything - he would have just pushed
the problem off into the agent.
To do those, an
Hi Roger,
I have noticed and read your posts. Might you write some remarks
about Leibniz' concept of pre-established harmony?
On 8/10/2012 8:53 AM, Roger wrote:
Hence I follow Leibniz, even though he's difficult and some say
contradictory. That agent or soul or self you have is your
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