(2023-06-11, 06:53 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: What an uncharitable reading of what I've written [and frankly a somewhat dishonest reading of what Tallis has written]. I am the one who has said Materialism being false does not immediately mean Survival is true multiple times in this thread.Huh? You write this in response to, "Tallis is not making the positive case that souls can do it. Rather he is saying we don't know how it is done."
He never even mentions souls. In his summary he says he is not making a positive case for anything. So if he never mentions souls, and says he is not making a positive case for anything, why is it dishonest to say he is not making the positive case for souls?
He does make a case that thoughts cannot be about things, but I don't think his case is convincing. After all, toads have thoughts about jumping, for instance.