that preferences are brain states, which are also genetic and environmental phenomena? I thought they were mental phenomena. — Harry Hindu
Factors are not identical to the product. Causes are not identical to the effect. — Harry Hindu
So preferences are not identical to genetic and environmental phenomena, which is to say preferences are based on something that arent preferences. Another way we could say it and it mean the same thing is that preferences depend on genetic and environmental phenomena.Preferences are brain states. Mental phenomena are identical to particular brain states.
Brain states/mental phenomena are not identical to genetics and environmental factors, though those things are important factors in why brains develop as they do. — Terrapin Station
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