Hello, I have not got much to say. I am an Australian and have interests in Philosophy, Psychology, Literature, Biology and Law. I hope to lurk a bit and learn the ways of this board before making any serious contribution or input.

Cheers!

- Minimal.

you are too far away to kiss...

In physical space; but in what space do minds exist?

Minds do not exist at all for they are abstractions...My brain exists in my head...Where is yours???

Yeah, ha, but I have met some that are concrete. One couldn't penetrate them with a jackhammer...............and

welcome minimal from one who is "up over" to one who is "down under".

William

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In physical space; but in what space do minds exist?

Minds do not exist at all for they are abstractions...My brain exists in my head...Where is yours???

In that case, I will stop wasting my time trying to learn anything about the non-existent mind of Plato, because the brain of Plato has long since rotted away inside his skull.

Looking on the bright side, however, I can draw interesting conclusions, such as that John Searle and Hubert Dreyfus must be close to one another, because their brains work in the same building in the same university department of philosophy.

So philosophy lives on.

I'm a Melbournian. Where you from?

Welcome to Philforum. When you are comfortable with posting, I hope you will become an active Member of the community; from your interests I am sure you will find many threads of interest.
Regards,
John

I like you already. But you are too far away to kiss...

good morning to you sir, welcome xris.

welcome minimal from one who is "up over" to one who is "down under".

William

It's all go here, as you can see, Minimal! :arguing:

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the theory of eliminative materialism. :whip:

I'm still left wondering how I should have phrased my casual remark. ``In what space do brains qua minds exist?'' Would that have fixed it for you? I can't see that it adds anything useful, myself. Are there any other common words I should be careful not to use in the common way? And should I be thinking of writing to the editor of my favourite dictionary, to have the noun mind removed, or at least marked as obsolete?

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It's all go here, as you can see, Minimal! :arguing:

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the theory of eliminative materialism. :whip:

Hello, I have not got much to say. I am an Australian and have interests in Philosophy, Psychology, Literature, Biology and Law. I hope to lurk a bit and learn the ways of this board before making any serious contribution or input.

Hehe, I'm too arrogant for such thing, I usually just wals in and throw my ideas around, right off the bat. :smartass:

HexHammer is Right U Know. He makes US all run wildly... Trying to catch at least Once a Good Idea of his. Thusfar we didn't succeed.

Use your bat ! The Mind Matters, Mind the Frame.