Re: Soul and Self

From: Dr Able Lawrence (able@sgpgi.ac.in)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 13:07:44 GMT

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From: Dr Able Lawrence <able@sgpgi.ac.in>
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    Absolutely

    In complex systems, system behaviour can be treanscendantal and cannot be
    explained entirely by the properties of its basic constituents as any one
    from Computer Science would testify.

    For example can properties of Silicon explain theaesthetics of a Nivel
    writtten on a word processor in a computer made of Silicon. Looking for
    evidence of mind in neurons is like looking for novel in Silicon!!

    On Tue, 6 Feb 2001 joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:

    > I see no evidence for a transcendantly based, immortal soul
    > that survives physical death, but there is plenty of evidence for an
    > immanent, mortal, brain-based, emergent self (implied by the term
    > 'self-consciousness') which cannot survive separate from its
    > generating physical substrate.
    >
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