Tue 25 May, 2010 03:33 am - I think you'd enjoy this Reconstructo
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G75LqMquxms"]YouTube - The Diagonal Argument Against Reductive Materialism[/URL] (view)
Tue 11 May, 2010 11:54 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;163260]But how can one see a banana per se, and it be the illusion of a banana? After all, having the illusion of a banana is exactly not seeing a banana but (maybe) believing you... (view)
Tue 11 May, 2010 11:24 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;163247]Well, the thing is that although there is obviously some confusion going on, what I wonder about is whether I am the one confused. If someone were to tell me that a banana... (view)
Tue 11 May, 2010 11:08 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;163235]Interesting sentence. It makes me wonder what it [I]would[/I] be for a red ball to be red [I]per se[/I] if a red ball is not actually red [I]per se[/I].[/QUOTE]
If you... (view)
Tue 11 May, 2010 10:44 pm - If that is true then I had no idea the topic was qualia because no one explicitly mentioned it. But if that is the case then shouldnt this be moved to philosophy of mind? Some of the responses on... (view)
Tue 11 May, 2010 09:26 pm - I am quite surprised by many of the down-playing posts in here that only show to represent that person/s own ignorance regarding the matter. Sadly, of course, the answer to this question can be... (view)
Thu 15 Apr, 2010 03:43 pm - [QUOTE=trismegisto;149052]As science has yet to provide any evidence as to the origin of thought, what are your thoughts on the subject.
Perhaps the thoughts themselves are the thinkers.[/QUOTE]... (view)
Thu 21 Jan, 2010 02:15 pm - [QUOTE=QuinticNon;121590]
That's all computer programs do, is bear intentionality. They bear the intentions of the original programmer. Those programmers pursuing A.I. are intentionally... (view)
Sat 16 Jan, 2010 04:42 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;120561]I did quote you. So now you are denying you meant that all deductive arguments have true premises, and that all deductive arguments have conclusions that follow from their... (view)
