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It seems to me that most of what we say if full of unproven assumptions. The sentence I have just written does not assume anything because of the introduction unit "it seems to me". The second sentence I have just written does not assume anything either, because it is purely analytical. Or do you s...

But the question is, What does it mean to say "the bases of our actions are given"? Does it mean that we are programmed by our environments, such that volition is not possible? Or does it mean that the first incentive for us to exercise our volition comes from outside, but our volitions themselves ...

So there must be a logical connection, like perhaps a rational link between action (in the first place, tooth cleaning) and certain particular material conditions (in the second, decay prevention), but not perhaps an absolute necessary causal relationship between material conditions in the first pl...

There is no logical connection between a volitional act and any outcome. That can't be quite true, can it? I mean, we all undertake volitional decisions aimed at particular outcomes, like brushing our teeth so that they don't decay (as quickly). If there were no logical connection between brushing ...

"Free will was given to man by god." This I often hear from theists. I searched the bible and found no support for this from the word of the supposed god. So this is inference? Or did I miss something. Will Guffo or somebody else please tell me where the idea of "free will" emerged in christian thi...

Ok, to focus even more: First you had a question for me: My question would be this: what's your warrant for believing that (a new materialism might succeed)? The primary reason is recent progress in mapping brains and the way neural networks are succeeding in computer science. I do not conflate the...

Ok, to focus even more: First you had a question for me: My question would be this: what's your warrant for believing that (a new materialism might succeed)? The primary reason is recent progress in mapping brains and the way neural networks are succeeding in computer science. I do not conflate the ...

Ok, to focus: 1) You have claimed that: "…materialism its manifestly not adequate to the phenomena it is trying to describe." You have repeatedly straw manned me conflating the distinction between “mere” materialism and a modified materialism that allows experiencing to be predicated on it. So pleas...

So in this case, (the case of someone with apnea that is anesthetized) consciousness is required (for breathing). And that's interesting. In order to establish that you would have to know whether it is impossible to remove the consciousness and retain the breathing. Since we don’t know the details ...

.... I forget his name/particular, but sure YT will provide the details if interested. http://time.com/4947879/stanislav-petrov-russia-nuclear-war-obituary/ yes, you do him him honour in providing the link and his name. i personally honour him for having a mind of his own in a time when it was easi...

So is the consciousness necessary to the activation of the reflex, or does the reflex produce the consciousness? It looks like the former is more plausible. But if all we are is physiology, it should be the other way round...we just don't know. But if all we are is physiology, it should be the othe...

Now, you ask why we need to posit an entity other than the material. The answer is straightforward: because none of the materialist attempts to explain consciousness are any good. Anesthesia is a great counter example...so why...? Because of the old axiom, "correspondence is not causality." When tw...

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I forget his name/particular, but sure YT will provide the details if interested.

http://time.com/4947879/stanislav-petro ... -obituary/

My understanding is that the Soviet ICBMs on CUBA either were operational , or if not at the rime of the crisis very, very close to being fully primed and ready for launch. I think the missiles were about to go operational and the blockade prevented it. If they had been operational, the nuclear sid...

Do you even know what caused the Cuban missile crisis? You are such a dipshit know nothing waste of resources. Yeah, I do Vegetable, Nikita Khrushchev, who was a pig - ignorant, Russian peasant and lying, Kommunist Kunt (bit like ewe in a way) said to his buddy, Fidel Castro, in 1962, who was a Kub...