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- From: michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar)
- Subject: Re: John Searle
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.172901.27737@psych.toronto.edu>
- Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
- References: <1992Dec17.015705.630@cs.su.oz.au> <1992Dec18.003427.2149@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Dec21.002907.10911@cs.su.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:29:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.002907.10911@cs.su.oz.au> danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec18.003427.2149@psych.toronto.edu> michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes:
- >>*No* popular account of consciousness (assuming dualism isn't popular)
- >>gives a causal role to it. Functionalism certainly doesn't - there is
- >>no reason to ascribe "consciousness" to certain functional arrangements
- >>except for sake of discursive simplicity (i.e., "intentional stance").
- >>*Nobody* who's a materialist has a clue how consciousness could have
- >>causal efficacy. (This may be all the worse for materialism, but
- >>that's another story...)
- >
- >Well if it has no causal consequences why on earth would we want to believe
- >there is such a thing?
- >
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- Well, *I* feel pain, see colours, hear sounds, etc. I guess you're simply
- anesthetized...
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- - michael
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