Why else do we consider someone insane who takes seriously that that their tea may be thinking something? — Bartricks
1. If the reason of most people represents something to be the case, that is good evidence that it is the case other things being equal — Bartricks
1. If an object is material, then it is divisible
2. My mind is not divisible
3. Therefore my mind is not material — Bartricks
Yes, you can mean them metaphorically - and that's how a charitable person would interpret you if you said "how heavy is Beethoven's fifth" or "what does the pizza think like?" — Bartricks
the point is that sensible objects cannot literally think anything, just as Beethoven's fifth cannot literally weigh anything. — Bartricks
Now that you know that I'm not reifying consciousness, — Bartricks
This one:What question? I am finding you extremely difficult to understand. — Bartricks
.. if you just answer that question, it will lead to the next, and so on. I will lead you to see the problem.You say that a brain can be divided by mere fact that if you cut a piece off it, then it has been divided. The physical brain that was once one piece, now exists as two pieces. But, only one of those pieces is still functioning as a living brain .. what has happened to the other piece? — Serving Zion
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