posts by anon 0x3a0

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in thread "Physicalism and Questions of Identity":

Agree with the above. ... 5mo ago 7 7

Agree with the above 7 7

Again, I agree with you on the physicalism. ... 5mo ago 4 4

Again, I agree with 4 4

I agree that "explanations for consciousness" should go to their own thread, since that's not really needed for the OP topic. ... 5mo ago 2 2

I agree that "explan 2 2

I would add, more generally, that many of the thought experiments invoked in recent analytic philosophy (e.g., p-zombies) have no argumentative force because it's far from clear that the thing imagined is actually possible. It's trivial to conjecture scena... 4mo ago 2 2

I would add, more ge 2 2

In the case of gravity, general relativity gives us a pretty credible account: matter determines how spacetime curves, and spacetime determines how matter moves. What we call "gravity" is strictly accounted for by the latter. ... 4mo ago 4 4

In the case of gravi 4 4

Many things have philosophical implications. I don't read that as code for woo. ... 4mo ago 4 4

Many things have phi 4 4

Yes, and it is precisely form that makes all the difference. The difference between a cell and a materially identical non-cell. This is true up and down the hierarchy of complexity. Form is a real principle of things, as much as matter. Further, it's the p... 4mo ago 7 7

Yes, and it is preci 7 7

This should be taken to another thread if there is interest, but there is no evidence that the Aryan invaders of the subcontinent were ever more than a small minority of the overall population. ... 4mo ago 2 2

This should be taken 2 2

You're not going to reach greater clarity by yelling at people (even figuratively by stating things in a polarizing manner). ... 4mo ago 6 6

You're not going to 6 6

Yes, this is what I meant. ... 4mo ago 8 8

Yes, this is what I 8 8