[Wittrs] Re: Do Translation Issues Underlie the Mind-Body Conundrum?
- From: "BruceD" <blroadies@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:44:00 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SWM" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:
> The problem is you're still looking for the non-physical entity within
the physical one,
You know better. I don't think in terms of entities. But you do. If the
brain causes the self, then the self has to be a something. Even if it
isn't a solid entity, it must be gas, a wave, some form of matter, or
perhaps a non-physical entity.
> The operating brain does many things, including producing various
pictures
for me to see? Where am I in this picture? Do I see the picture the
brain makes exactly as it makes it or can I distort it? If I can distort
it, then you have a ghost in the machine.
> ....when certain operations within the brain are shut down..features
of the conscious mind we are familiar with go away.
Correct. Now explain why. If my visual cortex is damaged.....
1. It doesn't make pictures and I, the ghost in the machine, am in the
dark.
2. I can't use my brain to see the world. The "I" in this stance doesn't
refer to any entity. Just a description of how I'm able to do what I do.
bruce
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