tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4725808481616632030..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Other MindsAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65140463883016018802011-12-13T15:13:10.740-08:002011-12-13T15:13:10.740-08:00Thanks, Yogendra; you obviously know the backgroun...Thanks, Yogendra; you obviously know the background here. I enjoy philosophy, but it's more of a hobby for me.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-86527675300834630772011-12-13T07:09:06.768-08:002011-12-13T07:09:06.768-08:00I read your post. It’s interesting and it has lots...I read your post. It’s interesting and it has lots of information and you concluded your post very well. <br /><br />Bertrand Russell as we know devoted a great part of his life studying mathematics and logic. He had a logician’s mind and stressed on clarity of thought while arguing any philosophical problem. His approach was to pick a thread of any philosophical system and start his analysis in a logical manner, discarding the illogical nonsense and accepting what was logically correct. The way he is trying to argue his “belief” with Ayer is typical of his logical style that is through an analogy.<br /><br />Ayer too was a logician and practiced analytical philosophy, but he introduced the concept of verificationism, that is a statement or question is only legitimate if there is some way to determine whether the statement is true or false. Russell obviously could not convince him that his statement regarding mind based on observation was valid. Ayer arrived at the conclusion that only thing we can say is that pain is an effect of some unknown undefined cause. Thus according to him nothing can be said about nature of mind by mere observation. <br /><br />Hilary Putnam also a logician opened up all sorts of possibilities by advancing his theory that effect does not explain the cause. We can have same effect from n number of different causes. Pain can be experienced by different animals in the same way although their whole nervous system and physical constitution are different. Thus refuting the idea that mind is a correlation of different sensations which arise from different definite sources. <br /><br />Other philosophers have come up with other theories and have questioned Putnam explanation of mind. <br /><br />In the end Aristotle wins the argument and I too believe that certain subject by their very nature defy complete explanation.Yogendra Rawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108070374497245917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-80400274927445830162011-12-06T15:26:55.431-08:002011-12-06T15:26:55.431-08:00And don't I know it!And don't I know it!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-34735518878171967632011-12-06T08:20:29.040-08:002011-12-06T08:20:29.040-08:00Very true, from pain to philosophy, perceptions fe...Very true, from pain to philosophy, perceptions felt in other bodies and minds are hard to access fully :)SprigBlossomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568931412478506693noreply@blogger.com