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The most famous story about Diogenes, is how he searched for an honest man during the daytime with a lamp. Ability to free oneself from dogmas of religion and culture
Наиболее известна история о Диогене, как он днём с фонарём искал честного человека. Cпособность к освобождению от догм религии и культуры
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B.B.S. wasn't sure if it fits into this community, but decided to post and see what will happen. Can delete it from here if you will find it is not appropriate
The Examined Life: Is Mind Distinct From Body?
I was recently surfing around YouTube and stumbled across a few episodes of a series someone had uploaded called "The Examined Life." I did some research and it looks like it was a 26 episode series shot for a philosophy class at some L.A. community college. In any case, the caliber of people interviewed and the clarity of the overall presentation is really impressive, and so I thought I'd pass it along to anyone who was interested. The following episode is called "Is Mind Distinct From Body?"
Call for readers
I would like your input on a paper I'm writing. No specialized knowledge is required.
It is a theoretical paper studying human value judgments. If a person has a choice of starting a new company or taking a job in an existing firm, how is the decision made?
Please reply with your email address if you'd like to read!
I'm looking input on content first, style second. It's due Weds., March 14th, so I'll be fast both sending and corresponding. Thanks in advance, those of you who decide to help! :)
It is a theoretical paper studying human value judgments. If a person has a choice of starting a new company or taking a job in an existing firm, how is the decision made?
Please reply with your email address if you'd like to read!
I'm looking input on content first, style second. It's due Weds., March 14th, so I'll be fast both sending and corresponding. Thanks in advance, those of you who decide to help! :)
Emotiv Systems Seeking Volunteers for Paid Research
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I am a student in philosophy and really do not want to bother any of you, but need a little clarification! "Personal Identity"? I am reading Hume and Campbell and am getting the general just, however, it would be extremely helpful if someone could give me a push. What qualities are sufficient for guaranteeing personal identity?
Phil of Mind, Cog Sci: Anti-Computationalism
This is a (short) paper I wrote for a Cog-Sci/Phil-of-Mind class. The idea is that human minds must be functionally superior to modern day standard computers. Any comments welcome.
I go to UMCP, home of Prof. Georges Rey (Rey at Wikipedia). And this paper began as a response to a section of his Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach in which he discusses the implications of Godel's incompleteness results. But the paper mostly appeals to the views of a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Selmer Bringsjord, to defend anti-computationalism. The response to Rey's discussion appears briefly in the closing paragraph.
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I go to UMCP, home of Prof. Georges Rey (Rey at Wikipedia). And this paper began as a response to a section of his Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach in which he discusses the implications of Godel's incompleteness results. But the paper mostly appeals to the views of a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Selmer Bringsjord, to defend anti-computationalism. The response to Rey's discussion appears briefly in the closing paragraph.
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Mirror Neurons and ToM
Hello! I just joined the community and thought I would share something that I posted in my own journal just the other day.
Cheers!
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Our childrens' minds are at stake!
Most reading this will have seen how creationists get their knickers in a twist over this-or-that ridiculous cartoon character or childrens programme promoting atheism or evolution or homosexuality or something (like here.)
Well watching Doctor Who (a British kids TV programme that it's okay for adults to like) recently, I noticed how there's a lot of 'insiduous Cartesian dualism' in many programmes, especially those aimed at children. For example we'll see machines capable of extracting a person's mind and putting it into someone else's body, we'll even see their 'spirit' floating from one head to another. And the children will just accept it as fact!!!!1
What are we doing to our children? Do we want the next generation to be ignorant of the problem interaction? Must we leave the little ones to be blissfully unaware of the problem of counting souls? Are we to leave them believing that no matter how many times they pound their friends over the head with a stick, their 'souls' will be unharmed? We're encouraging a generation of killers!
It gets worse! On other children's programmes, we see talking toy dogs, talking cats, talking pianos! Now we're confusing them further into an unthinking functionalism! Do they not realize the problems associated with the realization of mind in piano keys and piano strings? Soon our children will think that EVERYTHING is minded! Soon they'll be naming their alarm clocks and talking to their computers! And not a single one will have even heard of the Chinese Room!
In everyday life, totally unawares, children are being indoctrinated into believing in unthinking ideas about mind! 'Look into your heart' they're told - Aristotle may have thought that thinking happens in the heart, but surely we've moved on from there by now! As for talk of 'soul', like in a recent Doctor Who, well, I scarcely want to consider what bizarre concepts float around in the minds of young children!
We must be deeply disturbed by the infiltration of our culture by such disturbingly bad philosophy of mind! Our children's futures are at stake!
:P ;)
Well watching Doctor Who (a British kids TV programme that it's okay for adults to like) recently, I noticed how there's a lot of 'insiduous Cartesian dualism' in many programmes, especially those aimed at children. For example we'll see machines capable of extracting a person's mind and putting it into someone else's body, we'll even see their 'spirit' floating from one head to another. And the children will just accept it as fact!!!!1
What are we doing to our children? Do we want the next generation to be ignorant of the problem interaction? Must we leave the little ones to be blissfully unaware of the problem of counting souls? Are we to leave them believing that no matter how many times they pound their friends over the head with a stick, their 'souls' will be unharmed? We're encouraging a generation of killers!
It gets worse! On other children's programmes, we see talking toy dogs, talking cats, talking pianos! Now we're confusing them further into an unthinking functionalism! Do they not realize the problems associated with the realization of mind in piano keys and piano strings? Soon our children will think that EVERYTHING is minded! Soon they'll be naming their alarm clocks and talking to their computers! And not a single one will have even heard of the Chinese Room!
In everyday life, totally unawares, children are being indoctrinated into believing in unthinking ideas about mind! 'Look into your heart' they're told - Aristotle may have thought that thinking happens in the heart, but surely we've moved on from there by now! As for talk of 'soul', like in a recent Doctor Who, well, I scarcely want to consider what bizarre concepts float around in the minds of young children!
We must be deeply disturbed by the infiltration of our culture by such disturbingly bad philosophy of mind! Our children's futures are at stake!
:P ;)
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I wonder if anyone has institutional access to this article... if anyone could help me here, I'd be very glad =)
btw, if anyone actually has access to this article, it would be great if I could receive it on caio DOT maximino AT gmail DOT com
Thanks in advance,
Caio
btw, if anyone actually has access to this article, it would be great if I could receive it on caio DOT maximino AT gmail DOT com
Thanks in advance,
Caio