[Wittrs] On the Varieties of Dualism
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:11:45 -0500
BruceD wrote:
>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>no one denies that there are two vocabularies in use; and, except for
>>a few eliminative materialists, no one is trying to change that fact.
>Thank you for helping me with this stuff. Often I sounds more convinced
>that I am. In an event, while I agree, "no one (here, to limited the
>generalization) denies that there are two vocabularies", some (here),
>by thinking of mind in a causal relation with brain, are in effect,
>transforming the vocabulary of reason into one of causation.
those are the two vocabularies.
we experience ourselves as agents of purposeful activity; but,
neuroscientists measuring the brain activity correlated with experiences
of intentional actions have a separate vocabulary for describing brain
activity.
that's predicate dualism
SEP: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/
Wikepedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism_(philosophy_of_mind)
>I recognize that you have written at length about the application of
>quantum theory to these matters. Could you Post a review that
>highlights your position?
I'll work on that.
Joe
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