tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post8225886960688685756..comments2024-03-28T13:18:18.245-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Language, Concepts, and Neurons (Llinas)Edgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-10813149871676508682016-04-11T14:27:25.841-07:002016-04-11T14:27:25.841-07:00Dear Milos:
Some (like Fred Dretske) have tied to...Dear Milos:<br /><br />Some (like Fred Dretske) have tied to locate qualia "out there" (somehow external to the mind). The suggestion interests me, but it's not found wide acceptance and seems difficult to justify. <br /><br />After writing this post, I watched David Chalmers' videos on consciousness and read some papers that illustrate the challenge of reducing mental states to brain states. Owen Flanagan has tried to ward off criticisms similar to those made by Chalmers by appealing to the central nervous system to explain subjectivity (if I'm representing him correctly). I find Flanagan's suggestion plausible, but it might not be totally correct either. <br /><br />At any rate, two other good sources are Antonio Damasio and Joseph Ledoux. We're still working on these questions. Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-56681682606825885682016-04-11T12:53:33.412-07:002016-04-11T12:53:33.412-07:00If intentional if separated from its mental refere...If intentional if separated from its mental reference it is easy explained in naturalistic terms - as anything else. But how to separate it from its mental reference is fundamental question in philosophy of mind? When we say, for example, that something in the brain represent something we already use intentional notion which we want to explain and it make it circular. It is not strange that hard core naturalist exclude intentional notions from their philosophical views (or they at least said that they do it).Milošhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415201615175187675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-27733217062423581172016-03-05T09:23:39.608-08:002016-03-05T09:23:39.608-08:00Good question. I believe Insight explores some pos...Good question. I believe Insight explores some possibilities, but I forget which entry it's under. Read it in another life (a long time ago). :)Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-16349311419591897432016-03-03T02:32:10.803-08:002016-03-03T02:32:10.803-08:00It does make me wonder about what fundamental alte...It does make me wonder about what fundamental alterations Jehovah must have made at the time of Babel to divide language groups.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.com