I say that there is nothing deficient about our current theoretical grasp of mind-brain identities. The problem is only that they are counter-intuitive.
In truth a clear-headed physicalist shouldn't be thinking any of these dualist thoughts. If pains are one and the same as C-fibres firing, then there… - David Papineau
In truth a clear-headed physicalist shouldn't be thinking any of these dualist thoughts. If pains are one and the same as C-fibres firing, then there…
- David Papineau
I think that there are non-physical laws all right: genuine (if not strict) laws written in the language of biology, economics, and so on. But I don'… - David Papineau
I think that there are non-physical laws all right: genuine (if not strict) laws written in the language of biology, economics, and so on. But I don'…
On the methodological issue, I think that would be hopeless to try to adjudicate between my view and orthodoxy by appeal to phenomenological introspe… - David Papineau
On the methodological issue, I think that would be hopeless to try to adjudicate between my view and orthodoxy by appeal to phenomenological introspe…
Natural selection has ensured that each species achieves the requisite effect somehow, but it doesn't care, so to speak, how the trick is done. - David Papineau
Natural selection has ensured that each species achieves the requisite effect somehow, but it doesn't care, so to speak, how the trick is done.
I'm not so sure that I am a reductionist in the strict type-identity sense. The issues here are messy. But I certainly a reductionist in the more gen… - David Papineau
I'm not so sure that I am a reductionist in the strict type-identity sense. The issues here are messy. But I certainly a reductionist in the more gen…
The 'phenomenal concept' issue is rather different, I think. Here the question is whether there are concepts of experiences that are made available t… - David Papineau
The 'phenomenal concept' issue is rather different, I think. Here the question is whether there are concepts of experiences that are made available t…
A century ago mainstream science was still quite happy to countenance vital and mental powers which had a 'downwards' causal influence on the physica… - David Papineau
A century ago mainstream science was still quite happy to countenance vital and mental powers which had a 'downwards' causal influence on the physica…
There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So on m… - David Papineau
There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So on m…
After all, in supporting phenomenal concepts I am in a sense siding with introspection against the more behaviourist Wittgensteinians. But even so I … - David Papineau
After all, in supporting phenomenal concepts I am in a sense siding with introspection against the more behaviourist Wittgensteinians. But even so I …
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