The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-20 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the materialists do, that the mind has no necessary function. Which is nonsense, at least to a reali

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the materialists do, that the mind has no necessary

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 10/20/2012 10:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just as a real person would. But that assumes, as the ma

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-21 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie > definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind > but it can still behave just as a real person would. > > But that assumes, as the materialists do, that the mind

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Oct 2012, at 19:51, Stephen P. King wrote: On 10/20/2012 10:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind but it can still behave just

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 Oct 2012, at 21:51, Roger Clough wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie > definition of what a zombie is. It has no mind > but it can still behave just as a real person would. > > But that assum

Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
ger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 10/23/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-22, 12:49:30 Subject: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialist

Re: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-21 Thread Roger Clough
apaioannou Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-21, 03:37:19 Subject: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > This is also where I run into trouble with the p-zombie > definiti

Re: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists

2012-10-23 Thread Roger Clough
- Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-22, 12:49:30 Subject: Re: The circular logic of Dennett and other materialists On 21 Oct 2012, at 21:51, Roger Clough wrote: On 20 Oct 2012, at 14:04, Roger Clough wrote: