anon_mwpi

in thread "Physicalism and Questions of Identity":

Agree with the above.... 7mo ago

Agree with the above

Again, I agree with you on the physicalism.... 7mo ago

Again, I agree with

I agree that "explanations for consciousness" should go to their own thread, since that's not really needed for the OP topic.... 7mo ago

I agree that "explan

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... 6mo ago

I would add, more ge

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.... 6mo ago

In the case of gravi

Many things have philosophical implications. I don't read that as code for woo.... 5mo ago

Many things have phi

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... 5mo ago

Yes, and it is preci

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.... 5mo ago

This should be taken

You're not going to reach greater clarity by yelling at people (even figuratively by stating things in a polarizing manner).... 5mo ago

You're not going to

Yes, this is what I meant.... 5mo ago

Yes, this is what I