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proper compatibalism

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There is nothing in the brain other than physical things which act according to the laws of physics. That does not mean in any sense that mind is not real. The word mind, like any other "spiritual" term (that which is other-than-physical in nature), is a metaphorical overlay on material reality. Things like favourite color or love, however indistinct, are equally as real as the physical substrate they exist in the context of, and have equally real real-world effects.

There is no alternative to this position which is logically valid.
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Advocate wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:36 pm There is nothing in the brain other than physical things which act according to the laws of physics. That does not mean in any sense that mind is not real. The word mind, like any other "spiritual" term (that which is other-than-physical in nature), is a metaphorical overlay on material reality. Things like favourite color or love, however indistinct, are equally as real as the physical substrate they exist in the context of, and have equally real real-world effects.

There is no alternative to this position which is logically valid.
The is a 3rd-party intelligence - some call God, that is 'in your brain' ..and it likely does not act according to the laws of physics, but rather is the construct behind those laws (in real time).
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Re: proper compatibalism

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Advocate wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:36 pm There is nothing in the brain other than physical things which act according to the laws of physics.
Then what you are saying, "you" are not actually saying. The physical laws of the universe are forcing you to believe things, and forcing you to type them.

And we are under no obligation to believe them, unless the universe makes us...which, in my case, it hasn't.
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