On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi <use...@rudnyi.ru> wrote: > On 10.10.2012 21:45 Craig Weinberg said the following: >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:27:52 PM UTC-4, Evgenii Rudnyi >> wrote: > ... > >>> >>> Then there is Reductive Physicalisms: Mental states are identical >>> to physical states. It is not functionalism though, as everything >>> goes through physical states directly. The difference with >>> eliminativism is subtle. >>> >> >> Too subtle for me maybe. What does one say that the other doesn't? >> > > Reductive Physicalisms starts with a metaphysical assumptions that mental > states are identical to physical states. Hence it is a starting point that > consciousness is identical with some physical states. > > Eliminativism on the other side plays induction. They say that the history > of science shows us that physics explains us more and more from the area of > consciousness. The conclude by induction that at some day physics will > explains everything of consciousness. > > Evgenii > Evgenii, True if string theory is included in physics, Richard
>>> You will find nice podcasts about it at >>> >>> A Romp Through the Philosophy of Mind >>> http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/romp-through-philosophy-mind >>> >> >> Thanks! Will check em out when I can! >> >> Craig >> >> >>> >>> Evgenii -- http://blog.rudnyi.ru/2012/08/philosophy-of-mind.html >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
