That is just an opinion; you have no way of knowing that. — John
It's not ridiculous at all, it's simply the only plausible explanation for our experience as far as I can see.That's obviously a ridiculous example. It's a more subtle matter than that. We simply don't know what the relationship between thought, emotion, desire and so on, as subjectively experienced and neural processes is; and probably never will, because the ways the two are experienced are so different. — John
Do you think for example that Descartes is unfairly out of favour today?I am referring to disagreement among people who do think a lot about those things; disagreement among philosophers that is. Spinozism, for example, has not become the universally accepted metaphysical system by any means, even despite the fact that Descartes is currently out of favour and we live in a scientific materialist age. — John
Well most philosophers earn their money based on the diversity of their research. If Spinozism became the only accepted position, there'd be a lot less opportunities for publication...Spinozism, for example, has not become the universally accepted metaphysical system by any means, even despite the fact that Descartes is currently out of favour and we live in a scientific materialist age. — John
Do you think for example that Descartes is unfairly out of favour today? — Agustino
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