Panpsychism For Functionalists Consciousness galore!

Panspsychists hold the ridiculous view that random physical objects such as rocks are conscious. Haha, very funny! But what if physicalists, including functionalists, are committed to saying the same thing? Not so funny now, is it?

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Taktisk stemme på Alternativet?

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How Bad Is the Idealist's Mantra? The only things you see are the only things you see

Idealists like to point out that we only know about things through our experiences. From this they infer that all that exists is our experiences. This is a bad inference!

Is there a similar move available that doesn't fail?

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#Consciousness #philosophy

But no doubt the first man that ever murdered an ox was regarded as a murderer; perhaps he was hung; and if he had been put on his trial by oxen, he certainly would have been; and he certainly deserved it if any murderer does. Go to the meat-market of a Saturday night and see the crowds of live bipeds staring up at the long rows of dead quadrupeds. Does not that sight take a tooth out of the cannibal’s jaw? Cannibals? who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy paté-de-foie-gras.

Is Ishmael woke?

From Moby Dick, Chapter 65

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The Critic's Advantage Against tearing down without building up

You can often point out crazy implications of a view. But usually if someone holds that view, it's because every alternative faces equally bad objections.

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Should Politics Affect Science? Yes, yes it should

Objectivity in science is generally considered the ideal; the scientist is supposed to be concerned with truth, and matters of value are left for others.

I think there are strong arguments to the contrary:

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What Is Question-Begging? Everything is relative

Many people learned in the ways of philosophy are quick to rapid-fire on the accusations of begging the question. But it's not at all obvious what that even means when you investigate it a little further.

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#philosophy #logic #epistemology