PHL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Aboutness, Intentionality, Mental Substance
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Phl 201 - lecture 7 - other issues: problem of interaction. Divisibility argument - professor"s grandma with dementia. Grandma doesn"t remember other family members except for her grandson. Memories are in the mind, not the brain: the causal closure of the physical - the universe. The pineal gland is at the base of the brain. The how isn"t a necessary condition to knowing that. Example: professor at a macadamia nut processing factory in hawaii. He knows the machines are producing the chocolate macadamia nuts, but doesn"t know the process of how it goes from untoasted nut to an assorted box of chocolate macadamias. Higgs boson - god particle discovered recently: reasons to prefer dualism. People can look at the brain states but only you can look at you mental state. You can"t confirm with observation that brain and mental are related. You can only tell people how you"re feeling, but it wouldn"t be considered observing anymore.
