Mary, All thought, including speculative reason is thinking and it is through means of the brain. Neuroscience does account for the content of thought. It is...
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yeoman4
Jan 1, 2013 1:56 pm
In reality, all that we can understand is what is in front of our noses. That which is over the horizon can only be guessed. Even though some people have some...
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yeoman4
Jan 1, 2013 2:44 pm
I am not familiar with Camus' wager, or perhaps can't recall it. I would agree with Pascal's wager, but not in the fashion it is presented ... that is, the...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 1, 2013 3:59 pm
eduard, I allude to Camus' absurdist philosophy as a wager opposed to Pascal's because must depend on one another and ourselves, because that's in front of us....
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William
bhvwd
Jan 1, 2013 5:46 pm
God ,as has been well explained by the group filled in the holes in the thoughts of questioning people. I have a friend who relies on me to keep him informed...
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yeoman4
Jan 1, 2013 8:06 pm
Mary, "but how do you describe that which has the power to shape, harm, or charm them?" I am not sure of your meaning here, but will try an answer. The "them"...
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William
bhvwd
Jan 1, 2013 9:28 pm
Dick says he going to stop posting on the net. I would miss him but we have heard this before. I am going to take this one big step further. What if Dick is...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 1, 2013 11:08 pm
I can well imagine the transition to the new species. It would come slowly with first a series of robots who can make decisions on their own. Then designed...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 2, 2013 12:10 am
I am trying to do a paper on distances. Even though we hear about probes such as Voyager, I don't think anyone has a clear idea of the immense distances. Who...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 2, 2013 1:28 am
eduard, Biochemical algorithms are not the same as mental scripts which are at the conscious level of thought. As you say, mental scripts are socially formed....
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existlist@yahoogroups...
Jan 2, 2013 7:10 am
ExistList FAQ Last Updated: 05-Nov-2010 Contents 1.0 The List 1.1 The list's purpose 1.2 History 1.3 URLs for the list 1.4 Founder and moderators 1.5 Rules 2.0...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 2, 2013 5:53 pm
I don't privilege philosophical thinking or challenge that it occurs at least partially in our brains. Here we are free to further determine what...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 2, 2013 6:56 pm
Mary, I am not advocating that somehow science has some privilege or control over philosophy. My point is that philosophical thinking occurs entirely in the ...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 2, 2013 7:39 pm
Our body's chemistry influences our brain chemistry; that is outside the brain. The thoughts of other brains influence our brains; a physical space is created...
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yeoman4
Jan 2, 2013 11:05 pm
The body's chemistry is only another input to the brain. If we change the chemistry of the body ... say by a burn ... then this condition is reported to the...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 3, 2013 3:10 am
... Ask any person who is subject to anxiety or panic triggers whether specific chemicals produce anxious and/or paranoid thoughts and feelings. ... What is...
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William
bhvwd
Jan 3, 2013 3:46 am
I have a clear ehough idea how thinking works. Not everything about it but a clear enough idea that the subject interests me little. I do not buy into mental...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 3, 2013 5:08 pm
I am not just a brain providing my own input. If I create and control my own reality, if my reality is nothing more than a self-perpetuating hallucination,...
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yeoman4
Jan 3, 2013 7:34 pm
(1) "Ask any person who is subject to anxiety or panic triggers whether specific chemicals produce anxious and/or paranoid thoughts and feelings." I don't...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 3, 2013 7:49 pm
eduard, Well argued and presented. You emphasize the brain (science) and I the larger system of thought (philosophy) or how to apply what we think we know...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 3, 2013 10:09 pm
I would suggest that you ARE your brain. And your brain IS you. All of your characteristics and behaviours are learned by your brain over time and it/you...
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William
bhvwd
Jan 3, 2013 11:06 pm
All the talk of spirit comes from religion. Eduards idea that we are our brain discounts spirit or soul and that is fine with me. I have alway seen man as...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 4, 2013 12:53 am
But I don't limit the domain of the brain. It's everything. I find myself asking of someone ... what script is he/she running? And in a way the corollary of...
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William
bhvwd
Jan 4, 2013 1:39 am
Study the kidney , It is a dual organ responsible for excretion. The tissue itself is very complex with anatomical structures that rival the brain or...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 4, 2013 4:23 pm
I think it's immensely helpful if one uses the term 'mental scripts' rather than 'bad habits,' and recognizes the brain has a quality of plasticity which...
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Mary
josephson45r
Jan 4, 2013 4:38 pm
Regard for the system rather than its specific parts is a philosophical perspective, I think. A philosophical quandary might come into play while determining...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 5, 2013 12:06 am
To be extreme about it, we are no different from a worm .... only in degree. The worm likely has a few neurons that keep it going in the earth ... we have a...
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yeoman4
Jan 5, 2013 12:12 am
It might rival the brain [which I doubt], but the kidney doesn't think. I am Jack's failing kidney. I kill Jack. eduardathome ... From: William Sent: Thursday,...
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eduardathome
yeoman4
Jan 5, 2013 12:22 am
'sustained incoherence' Tyler Durden: Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say...
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yeoman4
Jan 5, 2013 1:17 am
"System" is also an engineering perspective. You can't design an airplane that is heavier than the withstand capability of runway on which it is to land. ...
