Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA01113 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:56:06 +0100 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:49:56 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <20010326094956.A581@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3ABCC00F.4864.98D2B@localhost>; <20010325104814.A1174@reborntechnology.co.uk> <3ABDD3A3.20320.2884BC2@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3ABDD3A3.20320.2884BC2@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:16:51AM -0600 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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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