Saturday, June 19, 2004
from Ian Hacking:
Minding the Brain
nice, but limited. without blatantly "going to town", here's another trashing of damasio. i suppose neurophysiologists should just know their place and stay out of philosophy of mind where they aren't wanted?
mcginn and hacking are clearly on the same side: that damasio and "simple" materialists like him are completely missing the point in the question of mind. he brings our attention to it with the cutely emphasized *of*, the tether of intentionality. no pleasing alternatives offered: if simple, materialism not true, if true, materialism not simple ... alas.
Minding the Brain
nice, but limited. without blatantly "going to town", here's another trashing of damasio. i suppose neurophysiologists should just know their place and stay out of philosophy of mind where they aren't wanted?
mcginn and hacking are clearly on the same side: that damasio and "simple" materialists like him are completely missing the point in the question of mind. he brings our attention to it with the cutely emphasized *of*, the tether of intentionality. no pleasing alternatives offered: if simple, materialism not true, if true, materialism not simple ... alas.
wow. AOL's come out with a gorgeous new version of portable AIM. web-based so all those pesky security controls on public computers can't keep you away from the greatest procrastination tool of them all! :)
