4 month ago
deusx : The Extended Mind - "Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? The question invites two standard replies. Some accept the demarcations of skin and skull, and say that what is outside the body is outside the mind. Others are impressed by arguments suggest
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22 month ago
plasticbag : Steven Pinker writes on 'The Mystery of Consciousness' in Time Magazine... - The brain has an evaluative quality that—along with biochemical stimuli—causes individuals to operate in coherent ways. It should be beneficial to an individual to model other entities' behaviour. Maybe consciousness is that skill turned on
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30 month ago
deusx : Alex Byrne: What Mind-Body Problem - "It may yet turn out that the hard problem of consciousness is not so hard after all."
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