Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: mimusmimus Date: Aug 21, 2008 18:33
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:26:01 +0200, Michael Stemper wrote:
> In article <_uOdncG0_5ksgTHVnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@ giganews.com>, mimus hotmail.com> writes:
>>>On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:55:15 -0500, PV wrote:
>>
>>> mimus hotmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>> I'm not sure what exactly "Big Science" is, but there's an awful lot of
>>>> immature sciences floating around out there, viz. neurology, cosmology
>>>> and nuclear physics,
>>>
>>> Quite possibly the worst three examples you could pick.
>>
>>
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>> Can neurology describe a thought yet?
>
> Why should it? You seem to have it confused with psychology or something.
> To quote Merriam-Webster, neurology is "the scientific study of the
> nervous system especially in respect to its structure, functions, and
> abnormalities."
>
> It's biology, not philosophy or AI research.
If a thought isn't a neurological function, it is what exactly, in your
opinion?
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