[Wittrs] Re: When is "brain talk" really dualism?

  • From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:21:18 -0000

--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stuart W. Mirsky" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:


> Do we have a mental life or not?

What does that even mean?  In what way is having a mental life 
different from having a life?


> When we're not paying attention to our immediate surroundings but
> lost in thought, are there mental things going on?

What does "there mental things going on" add to "I am lost in  thought."

I don't see the point of adding the word "mental" in these cases.

Regards,
Neil

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