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Re: Beat poet defends the scientific method

Posted by Robert J. Cordingley on May 02, 2010; 9:09pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Beat-poet-defends-the-scientific-method-tp4993619p4994223.html

Nick
Let me try this on(e)... it's because the brain is the physical structure within which our thinking processes occur and collectively those processes we call the 'mind'.  I don't see a way to say the same thing or anything remotely parallel, about soul, aura, the Great Unknown and such.  Is there an argument to say that the brain, or the thinking processes don't exist in the same way we can argue that the others don't (or might not)?
Thanks
Robert

On 5/2/10 12:52 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
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How is banging on about mind any different from banging on about soul, or aura, or the Great Unknown?
 
Nick
 
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Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([hidden email])
http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
 

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