On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:43 PM Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> On 22 Jul 2019, at 14:12, Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:17 PM Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > >> On 22 Jul 2019, at 08:09, Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Nozick's closest continuer theory was developed in the light of data >> from, and experience of, split brain individuals, which are the closest we >> can currently come to the idea of personal duplication. The philosophy of >> personal identity is complex, and there are not necessarily any clear >> winners in the debate. In my opinion, that is a cogent reason for being >> sceptical about Bruno's simplistic models. >> >> >> Ad hominem insult. >> > > Bullying again, Bruno! > > > No, you did the bullying here, toward me, or toward all people studying > the very rich and subtle consequence of the Mechanist hypothesis in the > cognitive science. > > If not, you would have used “simple models” or even “elegant” instead of > “simplistic models", > I said "simplistic" because I meant simplistic. That is, over-simplifying by ignoring many of the most important characteristics in order to further an agenda, but not to enlighten in any objective sense. Bruce > which is only insulting, without argument or justification. After Gödel, > not only is “mechanism” not a simplistic issue, but it provides a vaccine > against all reductionist conception of the natural number, or digital > machines. > > Bruno > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLSD0xdUNYRwsCAWW6FufWvNWwSg%3DYx1G8d_5K-O1shHEg%40mail.gmail.com.
