[Wittrs] Re: When is "brain talk" really dualism?
- From: Glen Sizemore <gmsizemore2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, iro3isdx <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: iro3isdx <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Wittrs] Re: When is "brain talk" really dualism?
To: Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 11:10 PM
--- In Wittrs@yahoogroups. com, Glen Sizemore <gmsizemore2@ ...> wrote:
> Say one has a text that says things like "the mind sees,"
> or "the mind understands" or "the mind makes decisions"
> etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. Now, one simply substitutes the word
> "brain" for "mind." Is one thereby NOT a dualist?
Neil: Why the need for all of this labeling?
GS: Why the "need" to call a chair "chair"? The case of calling a dualist
"dualist" is similar.
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