From: x@x.org   
      
   On 8/5/24 06:12, D wrote:   
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   > On Sun, 4 Aug 2024, oldernow wrote:   
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   >> On 2024-08-04, D  wrote:   
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   >>> What are 3 arguments in favour of physicalism?   
   >>   
   >> Arguments are mental phenomena. There's much hilarity in   
   >> having to lean on mind to attempt to "prove" physicalism....   
   >>   
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   > Ah, but you see, either we have the world, or the world + x, where the x   
   > factor is any type of idealist world or theory. St Occam teaches us not   
   > to needlessly multiply complexities, so the world it is.   
   >   
   > Another approach is of course that the mind is based on matter. So   
   > without the world, no mind. ;)   
      
   This is speculation.   
      
   Have you gotten rid of the world to test your theory?   
      
   You are theorizing about the possibility of mindlessness,   
   but ignoring that you are theorizing about it at the same   
   time.   
      
   It reduces back to oldernow's statement about 'arguments   
   are mental phenomena'.   
      
   I tend to like those pre-Socrates 'sophists' and those   
   solipsists also, but it is a lot easier to reduce it to   
   faulty reasoning.   
      
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