There's a 'consciousness gap' which is very similar to the 'god gap' of theology. 2/2
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@PhilosophyExp Yes. I have a feeling that I think the gap is a mistake, but I find it very hard to say why. Reading on the subject.
@sjzara Well that's part of the gap, of course. Most physicalists would concede that we're not yet able to account for what seems...
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@PhilosophyExp Thank you - I'll search for it! I'm an (amateur, of course!) physicalist and I agree. -
@sjzara interested in this stuff because I interviewed Ted Honderich about his philosophy of mind ideas. A long time ago, though.) -
@PhilosophyExp Is that in your book of interviews, co-authored with Baggini? I have that. -
@sjzara Radical Externalism, which is... well, a little bizarre. He's written a big book about it. Not sure it's out yet. -
@PhilosophyExp Thank you... I'll start looking this stuff up! -
@sjzara The thing you really want to look at, if you haven't yet, is Anomalous Monism. http://stanford.io/1d78jyI (Honderich is more marginal.) -
@PhilosophyExp Thanks again. -
@sjzara Pleasure. Philosophy of Mind is great fun. But very time consuming! - 3 more replies
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