Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA05785 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:21:53 +0100 Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:10:29 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Determinism Message-ID: <20010405161029.A1037@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745D6E@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745D6E@inchna.stir.ac.uk>; from v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:32:43PM +0100 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:32:43PM +0100, Vincent Campbell wrote:
> Isn't Chris really asking whether people think the mind is a physiological
> thing, or must have some other attributes- other than the physiological ones
> you're talking about here?
>
> Personally (your addendum noted Wade) the mind has to be a physiological
> thing.
If the mind were a physiological thing, a surgeon could remove it (post
mortem) and store it in a jar without parental consent.
It's really much more sophisticated, and infinitely more interesting,
than that.
Just don't start accusing me of saying it's supernatural, or of having
faith in it, or I'll be heading for Pathfoot with little brotherly love
in my heart!
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