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UF Philosophy Corner: Metaphysics by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 09:52:58
  Sounds like a free will:determinism question (n/t) by Illiad2009-04-02 09:54:09
    It's more a mind/body question, I think by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 10:01:17
      Basically it comes down to "Cogito Ergo Sum." by RetiQlum22009-04-02 10:57:16
        That's more or less the idea by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 11:03:18
          Non sequitur by PeKaJe2009-04-02 11:08:39
            I'm not sure what you mean. by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 11:10:30
              He unquestioningly accepts several assumption by PeKaJe2009-04-02 11:18:26
                I don't see him assuming "an unexplained process" by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 11:21:11
                  Ah, yes, that was about your rephrasing by PeKaJe2009-04-02 11:43:02
                    You BOTH missed the point: by RetiQlum22009-04-02 11:47:49
                      Indeed by PeKaJe2009-04-02 11:53:25
                        What leads you to believe by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 12:05:29
                          Anything more requires an assumption by PeKaJe2009-04-02 12:09:13
                            I still feel like I'm missing something by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 12:11:59
                              Your argument mentions natural processes by PeKaJe2009-04-02 12:20:24
                                But either natural processes exist, by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 12:24:38
                                Not quite by PeKaJe2009-04-02 12:40:14
                                Okay I assume that you'd agree that by MatthewDBA 2009-04-02 12:46:02
either natural processes exist, or else they don't exist; and I assume that you'd agree that if natural processes don't exist, my mind can't be based on them. Given the alternative (to complete the argument by exhaustion), what's the flaw you see with the argument? (I'll deal later with whether the argument is one of "I think, therefore I am;" obviously I disagree with that. But I'd like to hear your criticism of the argument *given that assumption*.)
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                                You're assuming an "either/or" scenario by PeKaJe2009-04-02 13:01:32
                                Okay, I'll bring it back up tomorrow by MatthewDBA2009-04-02 13:04:56

 

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