Well, you've already admitted that "everyone" doesn't mean "everyone", so that's a good start. — flannel jesus
"every" is the opposite of vague. It's one of the most well-defined concepts in existence. — flannel jesus
When you claim "everyone knows the mind emerges from the brain", what does everyone mean to you in that sentence? — flannel jesus
Yes, this is the question you should have asked. — Corvus
Why are you wasting your time telling me what it CAN mean, instead of what you DO mean? — flannel jesus
I thought Kant doesn't make explicit comment on the mind — Corvus
That's been the question since all the way back here: — flannel jesus
I would even say quite the contrary. The possibility and the limits of metaphysics follow from his exposition concerning time, space and consciousness. Just have a look on the paragraph "What Objective Unity of Self-consciousness is". — Pez
I.e. we would need to find a homunculus? — wonderer1
That's been the question since all the way back here:
— flannel jesus
No — Corvus
You don't think computationalists think consciousness emerges from the brain? But isn't... isn't that where the majority of computationalists think mental computations *happen*? Computationalists seem like a perfect example of agreement, not disagreement. Except for, I suppose, the rare computationalist who thinks some of the mental calculations happens somewhere other than the brain. — flannel jesus
The implication I got from reading Corvu's responses was that only brains are conscious, but he might not be saying that. — RogueAI
I would even say quite the contrary. The possibility and the limits of metaphysics follow from his exposition concerning time, space and consciousness. Just have a look on the paragraph "What Objective Unity of Self-consciousness is". — Pez
I was trying get this point across, but ↪flannel jesus kept on insisting that he could not understand and accept what the word "Everyone" means. Obviously he is incapable of communicating and discoursing in ordinary linguistic level — Corvus
If someone says 'everyone knows the mind emerges from the brain', do you think that's true, and what do you think that claim means? Corvus said that, I'm curious what you think is the most natural interpretation of that claim. — flannel jesus
People use "Everyone" "Anyone" to say the majority of people or really anyone in the figure of speech all the time. It just means that it is widely accepted that, it is predominantly fact that, unless you are talking about First-Order logic topics.And you still can't just say "yes, not everyone knows or believes that". How easy would that be to say? — flannel jesus
People use "Everyone" "Anyone" to say the majority of people or really anyone in the figure of speech all the time. — Corvus
but if you meant the majority of people, (a) you would have said that when I invited you to say what you meant, and you didn't say that, and (b) that would still be incorrect. The majority of people are religious and believe in souls. — flannel jesus
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