[Serious Phil] [analytic] Re: The Causal Closure of the Physical

[andy_kappa]

> "andy_kappa" <Philscimind@> wrote:

> > What is gained from understanding this particular use of the word 'consciousness' is that certain commonly held default views might be recognized for the unnecessary and sterile speculation that they are (physicalism being a case in point). But regarding our respective memberships to these two opposing groups, never the twain shall meet. 

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"SWM" <Philscimind at ...> replied:

> Except that I WAS once in your camp and thought as you do. So the twain met! -- SWM

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Strange... I was once in your camp and thought as you do, but when the blinkers came off I could see where I had been going wrong. In either case, the transition from one camp to the other doesn't amount to a meeting (ie to a view that both camps can agree on).