RE Bruno Marchal: It is easier to explain the illusion of matter to
something conscious than to explain the illusion of consciousness to
something material.
ME: At the Consciousness Conference I found it extraordinary that at least
one plenary presentation was centered round treating the wave func
To all concerned colleagues,
I appreciate the fact that discussions should be conversations about
issues,
but this particular issue and in particular the critique cited in my
posting
warrant extended exposition in order to show the reasoning upholding the
critique.
I am thus quoting from speci
Dear Maxine,
On 30 Apr 2016, at 19:37, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone wrote:
To FIS colleagues,
First, an open-to-all response to Lou Kaufmann:
Thank you for your lengthy tutorial—some time back--but I wonder and
am
genuinely puzzled given the “phenomenology-life sciences theme” why
none
of the
Dear FIS colleagues,
I'm sympathetic to Maxine's comment: "untethered observations and
meticulous descriptions are the cornerstone of any life science. One
is not out there trying to
make others as you want them to be, but attempting to know them as
they are. The task is precisely
a challenge sinc
