Carl, very few would bark at such "connectedness" what I bark at and most likely eamon too is the extra-ordinary calim that " we are not separate" or the the...
Carl, I really appreciate your enthusiasm and your involvement and support will be most welcome. See http://www.naturalism.org/center_for_naturalism.htm for...
In a message dated 6/1/2004 4:27:35 AM Mountain Standard Time, ... My take on illusion is anything that doesn't have substance. My basic illusion is the...
The illusion is that you and your mind are separate. So it's not wrong to say you can make things happen with your mind, because it's incoherent. It would be...
In a message dated 6/1/2004 5:42:13 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Actually, it's the only thing that makes sense. The mind is aware through the senses of the...
sorry if I get it wrong but is it not more likely to say that Body, Brain, Mind are one but Me, Myself and I, what sifelt by my body as awareness by it's very...
The self, the mind and the brain aren't three separate things, they're one thing. A feeling to the contrary is not proof enough for me, I'd need actual...
... From: "Ken Batts" <ken@...> To: <determinism@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:44 AM Subject: [Determinism] Re: Eamon and Carl are...
In a message dated 6/2/2004 7:47:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, ... The mere fact that you can think OR do would seem to indicate that they are separate,...
... So you're stuck with your belief and I'm stuck with my assessment. ... Actually, neither of us can be sure if we are permanently "stuck" with our opinions....
In a message dated 6/2/2004 9:27:29 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Let's put it this way: Hard wiring is exactly what it means, hard wiring. Once we learn...
There is no ghost in the brain, but emergent phenomena "appears" as if they are something "extra". That is the illusion but that the extra has emerged is not...
The brain is not entirely hard-wired, if it was there could be no learning. Some people are very rigid, meaning they're unable to learn or change, but that's ...
The way I came by the knowledge of the universe being that which is one or a connectiveness did not come by way of scientists proving this or that. It came...
In a message dated 6/4/2004 6:00:22 AM Mountain Standard Time, ... There are two different forms of determinism. One is predeterminism (predestination) and the...
I think that there should be some clear definitions as to what some words mean and apply to just so there's no doubt about what is being referred to or...
If I say I can't, I won't. If I say I'll try, I might. If I say I can, I will. I have found this little saying I thought of to be very true, we are only...
Every time a thought is born, you are born. When the thought is gone, you are gone. But the 'you' does not let the thought go, and what gives continuity to...
In a message dated 6/4/2004 11:59:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, ... My definition of illusion is that we think (believe) it's there, but it isn't. As Dr Kopp...
In a message dated 6/4/2004 12:05:19 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... In determinism/NFW, thoughts don't turn into action. It's all based on situations we...
In a message dated 6/4/2004 12:50:19 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Poetic, but not what determinist/NFW espouse. Thoughts and everything we say or do is in...
Richard, I think the term `hard-wired' should be reserved for the changes that occur in the brain as the result of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution...
Ken, As an integral part of this universe my mind/brain is changing along with it. And so is yours. Neither one of us is, as you point out, permanently...
In a message dated 6/4/2004 5:20:05 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... I don't think so. When a connection is made, and the connection has been tested over and...
zdeluce:Unfortunately& sadly,like all else surrounding conveniently concocted human opinion, they maintain that it, "belief", is a thing that...
When I first encountered what I thought could very well possibly be a illusion of something I said to myself, I must get another person or more and see if they...
I don't think a Determinist has to limit themselves to only responce or reaction. I think they could start the stimuali that causes the reaction, or responce...
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