tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post114788500923013474..comments2023-06-04T16:36:10.645+08:00Comments on Musings of an Aspiring Polymath: Physicalism and some alternativesThe Negative Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963006548339423249noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-1148219712045804752006-05-21T21:55:00.000+08:002006-05-21T21:55:00.000+08:00I've been thinking about what you wrote... as I've...I've been thinking about what you wrote... as I've mentioned in my tag-board, I've been introduced to this idea whereby I can accept physicalism, but still allow an independent mental state to exist. Okay, that's not physicalism, but dualism... whatever it is, this argument allows me to apply physical rules to physical things yet argue that there exists the concept of "reason" that is independent of physical laws. The argument for it is rather convincing. I'll probably write something about it soon.Jackson Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267650599398779304noreply@blogger.com