[Wittrs] Re: SWM on causation
- From: "BruceD" <blroadies@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:30:13 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SWM" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:
> Is the changing itself an entity? Of course not. But it's real
> AND it's physical no less than the thing that has turned.
"Changing" isn't physical. "Changing" is a our concept for what is
happening in the physical realm. But now I see why you want to call it
"physical" because you need a category for something real, physical, and
yet not tangible. Well, how about the physical forces.
Is consciousness something like the strong force that keeps a atom
together? We posit such forces to explain what happens in cyclotron. We
posit consciousness to explain how a human being behaves.
Now, if consciousness is comparable to a physical force, consciousness
ought to work according to the laws of physics. Which is to say, without
intention or purpose. Are you comfortable with that?
bruce
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