rights is nonsense on stilts, or that consciousness is a mere epiphenomenon, or that moral nihilism is more true than false.
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@PhilosophyExp Then how can we write?
@SubManUSN It's all a function of physical events in the brain (i.e., neurons, etc). The consciousness aspect just surfs along the top.
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@PhilosophyExp So you're saying I'm not consciously selecting these words (over others), I just think I am? -
@SubManUSN The selection of words occurs at the level of physical processes; but it's associated with the conscious experience of...
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@PhilosophyExp @SubManUS my SO has a fine evo-based argument against epiphenomenalism. In brief, there's no accounting for coherence of ... -
@metaburbia @SubManUS to have real traction, they'd have to show not that coherent subjective experience is ruled out without selection...
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@PhilosophyExp@SubManUSN ... only possible if they're causal -
@metaburbia@SubManUSN Neat argument, but the epiphenomenalist can simply reject the claim that our mental experiences - given the "correct"
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@PhilosophyExp@SubManUSN ... subjective experience if no feedback to keep consciousness in track with the real world. If epiphenomenal ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp@SubManUSN then subjective experience could be wild, bizarre, psychotic, random & it would have no effect on behaviour .,.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp@SubManUSN ... to be kept in (relative) check subjective mental experiences must be susceptible to selection pressures ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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