Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 At 05:05 PM 4/6/00 -0700, you wrote: >At 05:37 PM 4/6/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >>There is nothing observable that is a mind. The mind is >> an inferred entity. It is constructed by thought, as an >> image. What is thought? Thought is observable as >> impulses in the brain. > >Incorrect. D: So you say. Nobody has *ever* " observed a thought. " Thought is inferred as >well, by the presence of spikes on an EEG. The spikes indicate only that > " spikes " are perceived when electrodes are hooked to the head. Your own > " argument " contradicts itself. You dive into empiricism to explain " the >brain " (apparently something real to you), yet you deny the concept of " the >mind. " Don't you see that " the brain " is itself an utterly ludicrous >concept? Yes, that's my whole point, Tim. That *EVERYTHING SAID HERE* is a concept... and that you attempt >to negate a concept ( " the mind " ) through the use of concepts??? > >This is all completely ludicrous. D: Exactly. To really see the absurdity is to open -- is to laugh. This is where the utter indefinability of everything is accessed. This is where the wonder of living as and through pure Unknownness opens to Itself. Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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