Greg Detre
23/11/00
Consciousness society
is �green� = reflecting certain wavelengths?
not according to Swinburne
events under different descriptions are different events, in Davidsonian terms???
1. hard materialism � all events are physical
but on Swinburnian terms, there are clearly non-physical (i.e. privileged access) events
2. soft materialism � 2 sorts of events. all substances have physical properties, but some substances have mental properties
(but there are events that are mental without physical instantiations???)
split-brain experiment � mix and match hemispheres � which is me?
there must be non-public substances � soul
normally, soul follows body
but in the split-brain experiments, we don't know what happens to me, so the �me� must be a substance that is not public
soul = where mental properties are instantiated � strong dualism
what about if we duplicate rather than split the brain?
truth���� downward causation��� anomalousness of the mental
imposing soul as the substrate of my mental life
how do my mind + body relate?
canonical description of an event (i.e. describing the event in terms of rigid designators)
self as continuum
take away neurons
critical mass???
soul as abstraction rather than instantiation
what is meant by �access�???
so what is it about me that�s essential over time???
continuity of self/stream of consciousness
me as continuity of experience???