Profound debate, also excellent fun, about the most difficult, important question in the philosophy of mind. My two favorite cognitive scientists, Brian Cantwell Smith and @vervaeke_john, arguing opposite sides
h/t @JakeOrthweinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpu7766Rlks&feature=youtu.be …
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Just learned that Smith’s father was a religious scholar (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Cantwell_Smith …). His views seem somewhat similar to those you express in “Fundamentalism is countercultural modernism.” And this line of
@sarahdoingthing’s in “A Bad Carver.”pic.twitter.com/2pfpyzePy9
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Yes; and Brian is also deeply religious in his own way. Knowing that about him helps understand his work to some extent I think
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