Re: The Demise of a Meme

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 26 2001 - 09:49:56 BST

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    On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:16:51AM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
    > >
    > Given the meaning which I explicitly and definitionally attached to
    > the word "self", the truth value of my statements concening same
    > is a matter of scientific verification. There IS voluminous and
    > comprehensive PET-scan verified evidence of top-down control...

    I don't doubt correlation between mental and neural events. In fact,
    I insist on it. But how can mental->neural causation be objectively
    verified, when only the effects, and not the causes, are objectively
    accessible?

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