what consciousness is for http://users.wfu.edu/masicaej/BaumeisterMasicampo2010PsychRev.pdf … / consciousness v. dogs, trees, hurricanes http://www.theassc.org/files/assc/2653.pdf …
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@sarahdoingthing Can you sketch what’s interesting about the Polger paper in 140 chars?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness "Challenge: explain why high-level entities (dogs, trees) are compatible with physicalism but consciousness is not"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Tx! FWIW, I think framework (current analytic philosophy of mind/body problem) is so wrong that nothing good can come of it1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing "Are hammers compatible with physicalism?" is an interesting question, though, and I think the answer is "somewhat not"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness he's kinda repetitive but helped me contextualize some of what dennett is up to1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Ah… If you don’t know the analytic philosophy of mind/body problem literature, there’s probably better starting points…2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing That lit is Dennett’s main frame of reference, so knowing the main players is helpful. FWIW I think it’s all wrong :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
@sarahdoingthing I think the mind/body problem is probably insoluble because it’s asking the wrong question (cf http://buddhism-for-vampires.com/metablog/philosophical-zombie …)
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@sarahdoingthing Unfortunately analytic phil of mind is stuck in that framework, so (in my view) the field has been fucked for 50 years.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing In other words, “no one” is the answer to “who do you like?”1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 10 more replies
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