Posted by alexandra_k on July 9, 2005, at 3:41:44
In reply to Re: Mind and Brain or just Brain? » cockeyed, posted by alexandra_k on July 9, 2005, at 3:32:44
> Though really... There aren't any substance dualists around anyways*.
*In academic philosophy circles. Except... Possibly... David Chalmers. But then he thinks that consciousness needs to be brute. The physicists need to add consciousness to the list of brute things they accept into their ontology. He tries to work on the psycho-physical laws that govern the interaction between these basic entities. It sounds interesting... But I bet there is an awful lot of math :-( Also... The critisisms he offers of why we shouldn't accept other views (most notably functionalism - the current front runner) apply to him as well. It is just that he takes consciousness seriously in a way that most others don't. It is just too hard...
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