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Some philosophers believe that conceptual analysis will reveal the essence of mental states. Pat Churchland disagrees. In conversation with Nigel Warburton she explains how philosophers can learn from neuroscience and why some 'folk' psychological terms may need revision. philosophy bites
"Nature is replete with evidence for agency. As Chalmers cogently has pointed out, it's very difficult to explain agency — the mind — materialistically. An adequate explanation of existence seems to require causation at some level by immaterial agency. Intelligent design theorists would agree.
Agency is real, and it leaves fingerprints. Immaterial fingerprints."
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I don’t even know what lawful dependence of mind on matter could look like.
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Nature is replete with evidence for agency. As Chalmers cogently has pointed out, it's very difficult to explain agency — the mind — materialistically. An adequate explanation of existence seems to require causation at some level by immaterial agency. Intelligent design theorists would agree.
Agency is real, and it leaves fingerprints. Immaterial fingerprints.
Bring out your [un]dead! After all my narrowly focused posts on the topic, it's time for a "big picture" review of the zombie argument against physicalism. (Philosophy, et cetera)
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