Talk:Biological naturalism
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"It is easier to see how the fact that one's thought about a desk is causally related with a desk can bear on the fact that person's thought is about a desk than it is to see how the fact that one's thought is made up of hydrocarbons can bear on the fact that one's thought about a desk is about a desk."
This sentence makes no sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.209.80 (talk) 06:36, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Nonereductionist
I eliminated the first sentence of the second paragraph stating that mental states reduce to brain processes. Searle's view is explicitly nonreductionist.
Stoned philosophaster (talk) 02:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Emergent property
Also eliminated the part that says Searle treats consciousness as an "emergent property" of the brain. He never speaks of it in these terms.
Stoned philosophaster (talk) 02:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
