On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:33 PM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I could understand what you mean by "physical reality" if you could just >> answer the following question. If there was a physical reality how would >> things be different from if there was not a physical reality? > > > *>You would need to explain what that physical reality is* > Me? I'm the one that needs to explains what "physical reality" means??!! I don't know what it means Bruno, it's your term not mine, that's why I wanted you to answer the above question so I could get some idea what you mean by it. > > if we assume Mechanism, then such a physical reality has no sense. >> >> > Perhaps so I don't know because I don't know what “Mechanism" > > > *So let us stop here.* Not a bad idea. > Tell me what you don’t understand in the Mechanist hypothesis. > > You've said *"Mechanism is the assumption that we can survive a digital brain transplant operation*" and that at least is clear and by that definition I certainly believe in mechanism , although for reasons explained in my previous post no assumptions were involved. But I still don't know if I believe in something you call "physicalism" because you can't explain how it would make any difference if it were true of not. *> It isa bit frightening given that you are the only Mechanist practionners (alive) on this list.* I am? I didn't know that. But why is that frightening? John K Clark > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3Wpc1p4KFxZ5MwosKNK0g4mgEAm_reox7kfY84j8ZTNw%40mail.gmail.com.
