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What Philosophical Questions Stump You Most

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raw_thought

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Actually , I believe that the mind supervenes on the brain. However ,how it does that is unanswerable . In other words, one can say that whenever one feels pain ones c fibers are firing . However ,that does not explain HOW a concept (that has no location ) is facilitated by the brain.
 
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raw_thought

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raw_thought said:
This is not for skwim, it is beyond his comprehension skills. But to sum up my points.
How words connect to reality is a mystery.
Why? Bexause words have nothing in common with concepts and concepts have nothing in common with reality. Suppose I try to explain what an elephant is by handing you an apple. Since they have nothing in common, I have not explained to you what an elephant is. Imagine a map. How does it inform us of the landscape ? Because it has something in common with the landscape. The shape of the lines on the map are similar to the shape of the land.
However ,lets provisionally (temporarily assume that the absurd idea that conxepts resemble reality is true) take the common sense theory how concepts attach to reality. Wittgenstein used the colored balls in a bag thought experiment to show that even then, we have no explanation as to how concepts attach to reality. I have a bag full of colored balls. Red, blue, green etc. I tell you to pick out a red one. The common sense theory about how this is possible is that you hear the word "red"
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raw_thought

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Good grief.
I do not think that handing you an apple will explain to you what an elephant is.

My point is that if a concept has nothing in common with what it represents, it explains nothing.
 
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McBell

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raw_thought said:
110 respomse to
Good grief.
I do not think that handing you an apple will explain to you what an elephant is.

My point is that if a concept has nothing in common with what it represents, it explains nothing.
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Then you should not use a completely irrelevant concept to explain a concept.
You have only shown how it may not work, you have not shown how it can not work.
seems your not knowing the difference between the two has interfered with your understanding.
 
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raw_thought

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Response to 110
She responded to the question ,Why do concepts attacxh to reality. She did not respond to the actual quesyion, HOW do concepts attach to reality.
 
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raw_thought

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The whole point is that if a concept does not resemble reality it cannot be meaningful .It is relvant.
 
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raw_thought

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Mestemia said:
Then you should not use a completely irrelevant concept to explain a concept.
You have only shown how it may not work, you have not shown how it can not work.
seems your not knowing the difference between the two has interfered with your understanding.
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That was stupid what you wrote . Please read posts before responding
 
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