tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post116633082744047917..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: David Lewis on epiphenomenalismVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1166493357208301552006-12-18T18:55:00.000-07:002006-12-18T18:55:00.000-07:00VIC: "If physicalism is true, then only properly p...VIC: "If physicalism is true, then only properly physical properties can play causal roles."<BR/><BR/>ED: Fine, but you seem to be categorizing "physical properties" in the most reductive ways when you criticize "physicalism." By that I mean to simply remind you that "physicalism" as it is called, also includes mental states since the brain is a sensory mechanism that includes input from the senses and from hormonal feelings of the total organism in relation to its environment. So "sights" and "sounds" and "feelings" and "memories" would also have a physical basis according to the physicalist. In fact the brain's "physical" input consists of a living orgnism's entire interaction with everything and everyone around it during its lifetime. When you get to the level of "brains" the physicalist would point out, you're dealing with a level of organization, interaction, development, and learning not seen in individual "physical" atoms.Edwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.com