On 14 April 2015 at 14:07, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> I can. It could include a predilection to learn this or ignore that, an >>> ability to follow logical argument or not, a tendency to whistle while >>> working,... >> >> Which I would also classify as mental contents. I did not mean to >> imply it was just memory. > > > I took "mental contents" to mean conscious thoughts. I don't see how > memories that are not in mind, or other knowledge or predilections, count as > particularly "mental". They are presumably stored in the physical > configuration of the brain and the body's hormonal system. If you go beyond > conscious thoughts then I don't know where to stop, is the articulation of > my joints that determines my gait also "mental"? And beyond conscious > thought, what certainty is there? All the rest is 3p inference.
The decimal expansion of pi is not in mind at the moment, but I can recall it if I want. If a copy of me could not recall it, it would be deficient. If the copy had a joint problem that would also impact on me mentally. In ordinary life I could survive these problems, but as the changes accumulate at some point I would stop being me. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
