Dr. Parsons philosophy professor from U. Houston clearlake attacks the irreduceability of mind to brain.I answer him in two parts, part 2 on hard problem. That;s wednesay
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My answer to Keith Parsons
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Re: My answer to Keith Parsons
I like the part about the bait and switch. Atheists do that a lot.
Also, I was looking at Parsons' article on Patheos. He talked about a debate between Habernas and Michael Shermer, and claimed that Habernas's debate skills couldn't transform the "weak" evidence for NDE's (as he sees it).
Then, he mentioned something that Daniel Dennett said:
And, in closing, I believe that one reason that this brain chemistry BS gets pushed is because of the psychiatric industry (to peddle their dangerous drugs). In this article, though, they say that the chemical imbalance in the brain theory (for mental disorders) is fake:
https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2018 ... eat-fraud/
Also, I was looking at Parsons' article on Patheos. He talked about a debate between Habernas and Michael Shermer, and claimed that Habernas's debate skills couldn't transform the "weak" evidence for NDE's (as he sees it).
Then, he mentioned something that Daniel Dennett said:
I'm not sure that Dennett and Shermer are the most qualified people. Dennett wrote a stupid book, and Shermer is a hard-core materialist with an axe to grind.Now, some philosophers, such as Daniel Dennett, dismiss Nagel’s argument as an “intuition pump” masquerading as an a priori argument. An intuition pump is just a clever rhetorical device for stimulating our intuitive propensities (Leibniz’s imaginary walk through a brain the size of a factory was another). They have rhetorical bark, but no real logical bite, Dennett holds. Naturalist philosophers tend to regard intuitions with considerable skepticism, seeing them as epistemological sirens that have an irresistible song if we listen to them, but only lure us to wreck on the reefs of ignorance.
And, in closing, I believe that one reason that this brain chemistry BS gets pushed is because of the psychiatric industry (to peddle their dangerous drugs). In this article, though, they say that the chemical imbalance in the brain theory (for mental disorders) is fake:
https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2018 ... eat-fraud/
Re: My answer to Keith Parsons
JBSptfn wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 4:43 pmI like the part about the bait and switch. Atheists do that a lot.
Also, I was looking at Parsons' article on Patheos. He talked about a debate between Habernas and Michael Shermer, and claimed that Habernas's debate skills couldn't transform the "weak" evidence for NDE's (as he sees it).
Then, he mentioned something that Daniel Dennett said:yes I know
I'm not sure that Dennett and Shermer are the most qualified people. Dennett wrote a stupid book, and Shermer is a hard-core materialist with an axe to grind.Now, some philosophers, such as Daniel Dennett, dismiss Nagel’s argument as an “intuition pump” masquerading as an a priori argument. An intuition pump is just a clever rhetorical device for stimulating our intuitive propensities (Leibniz’s imaginary walk through a brain the size of a factory was another). They have rhetorical bark, but no real logical bite, Dennett holds. Naturalist philosophers tend to regard intuitions with considerable skepticism, seeing them as epistemological sirens that have an irresistible song if we listen to them, but only lure us to wreck on the reefs of ignorance.
And, in closing, I believe that one reason that this brain chemistry BS gets pushed is because of the psychiatric industry (to peddle their dangerous drugs). In this article, though, they say that the chemical imbalance in the brain theory (for mental disorders) is fake:Denneett is qualified but he;s ideological
https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2018 ... eat-fraud/
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