(2024-10-17, 03:27 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: The problem with the “hard problem”
Feser
Quote:...All the same, the so called “hard problem” is, in my view, a pseudo-problem that rests on a set of mistakes. There is a reason why ancient and medieval philosophy knew nothing of the “mind-body problem” as modern philosophers conceive of it, and nothing of the so-called “hard problem of consciousness” in particular. And it’s not because they somehow overlooked some obvious features of mind and matter that make their relationship problematic. It’s because the problem only arises if one makes certain assumptions about the nature of mind and/or matter that ancient and medieval philosophers generally did not make, but modern philosophers often do make....
I think that Feser misunderstands the Hard Problem... that it is entirely related to Materialism / Physicalism proclaiming that everything is material and physicalism or reducible to matter and physics, including mind. The challenge being that Materialism / Physicalism simply doesn't seem to be able to explain away mind or its contents as being epiphenomenal, despite efforts.
It baffles me how so many seem unable to properly comprehend the essences of the Hard Problem, mind-body problem or explanatory gap.
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