[Wittrs] Re: Constitution vs Causation
- From: "BruceD" <blroadies@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 18:45:33 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joseph Polanik <jPolanik@...> wrote:
> "The prevailing wisdom, variously expressed and argued for, is
> materialism: there is only one sort of stuff, namely matter --- the
> physical stuff of physics, chemistry and physiology --- and the mind
is
> somehow nothing but a physical phenomenon. in short, the mind is the
> brain." [_Consciousness Explained_ p. 33]
> is Dennett using the is of identity? possibly.
I get lost here. If the mind and the brain are identical, then wouldn't
the brain be as much mental as the mind is physical? Would an identity
account suggest a state that can be either mental or physical, or
perhaps the distinction itself is false?
> is Dennett using the is of causation? no. there is no is of causation.
Not sure what you mean. Are you saying that Dennett does not see a
causal relation between brain and mind? We've been here before. An
identity account (materialistic monism) is consistent with the causal
accounts of the physical disciplines.
bruce
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