Harris and Dennett on free will (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 14:46 (3703 days ago) @ romansh

DAvid: How do you give a concept properties?
> Romansh: Take does the aether exist? If we give properties to aether eg light has to travel through - luminiferous aether. The Michelson Morley experiment put that concept out of its misery. But there may well be another "aether" out there with other properties that we have not tested for.-You are again using an example of physical research for a supposed something whicvh is mental, a concept. The supposed something we have a partial handle on is quantum mechanics and without a better place to look I still think that may be how consciousness arises from or with the brain, but I still don't see how concepts that involve non-physical proposals can be nailed down. 
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> > David:Now you are arguing for an inherent human concept of right and wrong, but each society has its own rules.-> Romansh: No I am arguing against an intrinsic (inherent) concept of right and wrong.-So you think rules of conduct are imposed by societies as they develop? We are now in the controversal area of evolutionary psychology. What has been obvious to me is small groups of folks have to set up rules by which they can cooperate and live together. But there must be an inherent sense of fairness, a non-zero-sum game. Given by God, no. Just common sense.