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Re: Implausibility of materialism         


Author: someone2
Date: Jun 24, 2007 11:57

On 24 Jun, 19:54, ABC inmail24.com> wrote:
> someone2 wrote:
>> On 24 Jun, 19:35, ABC inmail24.com> wrote:
>>> someone2 wrote:
>>>> I was wondering which of you can understand the following reasoning,
>>>> and perhaps which of you object to it:
>
>>>> M refers to the physical entity in question.
>>>> B(M) refers to the behaviour of M in question.
>>>> P refers to the a property in question.
>
>>>> Where M is the same in (1) and (2), B(M) is the same in (1) and (2),
>>>> and P is the same in (1) and (2).
>
>>>> 1) B(M) is explained by the laws of physics without requiring
>>>> knowledge of whether it has P or not.
>
>>>> 2) Presence of P or lack of, does not influence/affect B(M), else the
>>>> explanation of behaviour could not be the same with or without P.
> ...
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Re: Implausibility of materialism         


Author: ABC
Date: Jun 24, 2007 12:15

someone2 wrote:
> On 24 Jun, 19:54, ABC inmail24.com> wrote:
>> someone2 wrote:
>>> On 24 Jun, 19:35, ABC inmail24.com> wrote:
>>>> someone2 wrote:
>>>>> I was wondering which of you can understand the following reasoning,
>>>>> and perhaps which of you object to it:
>>
>>>>> M refers to the physical entity in question.
>>>>> B(M) refers to the behaviour of M in question.
>>>>> P refers to the a property in question.
>>
>>>>> Where M is the same in (1) and (2), B(M) is the same in (1) and (2),
>>>>> and P is the same in (1) and (2).
>>
>>>>> 1) B(M) is explained by the laws of physics without requiring
>>>>> knowledge of whether it has P or not.
>>
>>>>> 2) Presence of P or lack of, does not influence/affect B(M), else the
>>>>> explanation of behaviour could not be the same with or without P. ...
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