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How can subjective observers know the world?

how can subjective observers know anything about the observer-independent world? And as we saw in Chapter 6, we cannot assume that we can know anything about…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #knowledge #objectivity #observer #skepticism

Skeptical about building a conscious machine

physics to build flying machines even without a final “theory of everything”–style complete understanding of the physical laws that govern the universe. I am…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #machine-consciousness #physics #skepticism

A complete account is more than a physical one

It should be clear that this argument simply repeats the kind of category mistake identified by Ryle. So it is true, as Swinburne says, that a physical…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #materialism #dualism #description #categories

Bodily resurrection without dualism

If we reject dualism and believe that bodily resurrection is necessary for an afterlife, do we have any good reasons to think it will happen? The idea is…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #afterlife #Christianity #body #dualism

Brains and bodies suffice for consciousness

To this we need to add another compelling fact: if you have a sufficiently complex brain and body, you will be conscious. Combined with the first fact, most…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #consciousness #brain #body #dualism

Christians without dualist souls

Having dismissed the idea that we have immaterial souls, you might assume that there is nothing left to be said for the Christian idea of a life to come…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #Christianity #soul #dualism #materialism