[quote]The hard problem of subjectivity is a very similar challenge, but more subtle. You can’t
articulate in the language of causal structures the hypothe
I just thought it interesting to hear Chomsky talk about these topics.
"It's not consciousness that has to be explained. That we understand very well. We can describe it in extensive detail. What we don't understand is matter."
Awe-inspiring to hear a 93-year-old with such knowledge, memory, s
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Mervat Nasser, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych, is a graduate of Cairo Medical School and fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London. She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and a doctorate in psychiatry from London Unive
Nobody has addressed my point about the relative simplicity of explaining via dualism much of the paranormal empirical data, including veridical NDE out of body experiences, and past life memories of inhabiting different bodies, coming in to different bodies, etc., all as an immaterial mobile center
I wrote and published a few days ago a ~5,000 word review of the book [url=https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Fallacy-Science-Letting-Beliefs-ebook/dp/B00LRHUHIA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H2E7YX4U0SWC&keywords=the+soul+falla
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[i]We tend to think of the laws of nature as fixed. They came into existence along with the universe, and have been the same ever since. But once yo
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