Tag: Franz Brentano and intentionality

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Michael Egnor
Date
January 29, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Christof Koch (doubts about physicalism), Franz Brentano and intentionality, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), P.M.S. Hacker, Physicalism (and consciousness)}

Leading Neuroscientist Wavers on Physical View of Consciousness

_{On Closer to Truth, Christof Koch said last month, “Consciousness cannot be explained only within the framework of space and time and energy, but we need to postulate something additional”} _{Michael Egnor
January 29, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Science is as dependent on the concept of public truth as the great religions are. Thus, when private truth rapidly gains power, it is just as vulnerable.

Yes, Spiders Dream — But That Doesn’t Make Them Leggy People

_{We don’t know where on the tree of life “mind,” in the most basic sense, begins. It might include bacteria but not viruses} _{Michael Egnor
August 11, 2022

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Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

One thing we know for sure: If spiders and bacteria dream, they dream of flies or chemical gradients, but not of philosophy.