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Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness

the physical world). Instead, James takes the alternative, ‘common sense’ position that these correlations between the valence of sensations and their fitness consequences are explainable by the action ... macrophysical occurrences (like human behaviours). This qualification applies in later parts of the paper too, but I do not restate it each time. 8 Worth noting here is that it is not obvious that there are any

Where Does the Knowledge Argument Go Wrong?

“unanalyzed common sense concerning a natural group of concepts and apparent conceptual abilities” (1997/2002, p. 298) and that problems about the irreducibility of phenomenal properties to physical ones arise ... a microphysical kind” or, more straightforwardly, “No macrophysical difference without a microphysical one” (1993, pp. 215-216). In other words, the macrophysical supervenes on the microphysical. This

Radical interpretation and decision theory

explanation of human behaviour and must be considered an organized department of common sense which may as well be called a theory,’ and that one way to examine the nature of thought and talk ‘is by inspecting ... constraints on interpretation will be uniquely satisfied. For instance, on a common sense understanding of charity, the charity of an interpretation is in the eye of the beholder. If Karla is charitably

Sociology in complexity

break with common sense, denying or qualifying it. Even to Bachelard and Einstein's rationalism, the order in the universe and nature was thought to be organized. Einstein, besides all his intuitions ... . Unfortunately, the idea of Marx limited to the creator of a "capitalist" system within the molds of a mechanist totality, even if it is in dialectic evolution, has become almost a sociological common sense

Anekāntavāda and Dialogic Identity Construction

existence (the other being matter), could not accept such a radical rejection of persistence. They argue that without accepting an ontological basis for continuity, both common sense observations like the ... ¯da was presented as a principle for defending the common-sense view that draws on perception against the one-sided systems of other philosophical schools. At the Parliament of the World’s Religions

A double face view on mind-brain relationship: the problem of mental causation

, its biological and sociocultural history. It is a common sense in neuroscience that brains that have knowledge and cognitive, affective and distinct volitional skills are structurally different, and ... little bit more about this point. It is a common sense that whenever a body moves in the environment, its conscious mind accompanies it, being its mental content largely determined by the physical and

A double face view on mind-brain relationship: the problem of mental causation

, its biological and sociocultural history. It is a common sense in neuroscience that brains that have knowledge and cognitive, affective and distinct volitional skills are structurally different, and ... little bit more about this point. It is a common sense that whenever a body moves in the environment, its conscious mind accompanies it, being its mental content largely determined by the physical and

Strong Pluralism, Coincident Objects and Haecceitism

is definitely not less problematic (from the metaphysical as well as common-sense perspective) than its opposition, according to which individuals are composed not only of properties but have some ... modal, counterfactual, and dispositional macrophysical properties of material objects (Zimmerman 1995; Olson 2001; Bennett 2004; deRosset 2011). According to hose authors, there are various types of

Triviality Arguments Reconsidered

explicit with the following reductio argument: Premise (1) Common sense pre-theoretical truth: this bucket of water is not a mental system Premise (2) CTM (generic version): implementation of the ... metallic components tracks the ambient atmospheric temperature. And it can be described and modelled at various macrophysical levels as well, such as an intricate classical mechanism with states evolving in

Galaxy Zoo: multimergers and the Millennium Simulation

the two (or more) best neighbour objects available to represent the other galaxies. The best object was judged according to (i) brightness in the r band and (ii) visual common sense (similar to D10a ... recipes for the evolution of the visible matter within these haloes are required. These aim to capture the macrophysical processes affecting observable quantities such as the galaxy luminosity function

Sociology in complexity

: to observe → to measure → to state a law. Knowledge would emerge through mathematical reasoning (more arithmetical) that would make possible to break with common sense, denying or qualifying it. Even ... mechanist totality, even if it is in dialectic evolution, has become almost a sociological common sense. However, the Marxist bibliography presents many other dimensions and possibilities, particularly those

Sociology in complexity

break with common sense, denying or qualifying it. Even to Bachelard and Einstein's rationalism, the order in the universe and nature was thought to be organized. Einstein, besides all his intuitions ... . Unfortunately, the idea of Marx limited to the creator of a "capitalist" system within the molds of a mechanist totality, even if it is in dialectic evolution, has become almost a sociological common sense

Galaxy Zoo: multimergers and the Millennium Simulation

to (i) brightness in the r band and (ii) visual common sense (similar to D10a, Section 2.1). Having spectra for at least one galaxy in each multimerging system and photometric data for each individual ... matter within these haloes are required. These aim to capture the macrophysical processes affecting observable quantities such as the galaxy luminosity function (Benson et al. 2003). Each physical process