but I am a bit taken aback by the nature of your interaction on the site in the last few days. — Jack Cummins
So, my own framing of the mind and body problem is in to put it back to the area of metaphysics. — Jack Cummins
vague and elastic nature of the concept. — Jack Cummins
Well, I don't think it's controversial to begin with this fact: 'mind is what (primate, elephantidae, cetacean, cephalopod ...) CNS-brains do' – adaptively coordinate behaviors with perceptions of the environment by generating predictions and plans of action.We could ask what is 'mind' exactly? — Jack Cummins
I bet you're "pretty sure" your eyes 'see things directly as they are' too. :roll:
What does it mean to say consciohsness is an illusion? Im pretty sure that Im conscious.
I meant to wonder if the mind body problem exists outside of framing it as one. — Valentinus
Philosophy has explored subjectively, and objectively, as well as intersubjectively, in so much detail, — Jack Cummins
I have no apparent reason to say I'm not – this is what a p-zombie would say too. You see how absurdly irrelevant this line of questioning is? Of course you don't. — 180 Proof
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