Re: virus: materialism and other worldviews

Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:53:04 +0000

In message <003401be5b51$7f74eb40$080dfea9@dave_mason.merak.com>, David McFadzean <dmcfadzean@earthlink.net> writes
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
>Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 2:31 AM
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>>Seems to me like most if not all "one worldview" people are
>>materialists. To be a materialist, however, and to operate
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>Most "one worldview" people are probably supernaturalists.

Why do you say that?

>>as a social animal, involve different worldviews. In one
>>there is nothing but matter, or objects. In the other,
>>there are also subjects, entities that are aware of objects.
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>Another way to slice it up (borrowing from Dennett) is there
>are 3 kinds of objects...
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>All 3 stances are part of the same worldview though, so I'm
>curious about how you see this relating to your ideas.

I don't believe Dennett is entirely correct, but my present argument is not with him. Let's see if I can make my point a bit sharper. I'd say, you cannot simultaneously be a materialist, and a realist about consciousness, because consciousness is not a material thing.

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Robin