Types of Materialism and Dualism

David Chalmers wrote an interesting article about consciousness and its place in nature.

After a bit of prodding, it turns out we had one Type-E dualist that, upon noticing his Freudian slip, changed his mind to a Type-D dualist.
So far, the Type-D dualists who think thoughts are not particles are cyghost, Lilli and Julian. Anybody else?

If not, what kind of outlook do you currently hold? Unfortunately the is no Type-“sh|t happens” for rwenzori, but we will grant that option for those who agrees with him.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention Monism as well.

Chalmers appears to be a Type-F monist or panpsychist. If you thought eliminative materialism was nuts, check out panpsychism… where nuts, rocks, eyeballs and atoms are conscious in some sense.

We ( me and those who agrees wif me ) is Defecatory Fatalists, as you well know.

Stop trying to put everyone into your silly little boxes. Bleh.

Aaaw, I don’t have to it seems since you are so kind to do it for yourself. Thank chap lol.

Could I please switch from the Type-D Dualist camp to the Defecatory Fatalists. I’m not really sure what either are about but the latter has a better ring to it.

What about you? What type of outlook do you currently hold?

I think thoughts are what collections of particles do when arranged a certain way. What would you call that?

It all started up during yet another of TeleoPhrone’s silly attempts to classify everyone:

http://forum.skeptic.za.org/flame-wars/fools-gold-teleology-in-science/msg4903/#msg4903
;D

Ah! Yup, I’m definitely a DF. :slight_smile:

As for dualist, materialist or monist, let me get some degrees in philosophy and I’ll get back to you all.

I’m sensing the start of a Movement here! Just like the Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement:

The only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

You can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant.

:wink:

PS. What’s the one thing you can’t get at Alice’s Restaurant?

Except Alice. :wink:

'Luthon64

Now FIVE threads that says nothing. How much can one person say without saying ANYTHING?

Stay tuned ladies and gents - it only goes downhill from here.

btw I change any type tendencies (white or agentary or whatever) to DF meself. It is Friday after all and it is a mysterious universe.

“don’t touch me on my studio!”

MEFIANTE WINS REWARD!!! ;D ;D

Amen to that, and

emphasis on the “Bleh”

Cool ― as long as it’s not an Arlo Guthrie makeover… ::slight_smile:

'Luthon64

Nothing like that. You get some Silver Balls Hangin’ on a String, courtesy of the Chaine des Derailleurs! ;D

Giving our age away now are we? I didn’t know there were any people left who remember the song or Arlo … and I’m already 50!

Perhaps not as much as one aspect of my mottled past… :-X

Wonderful, but would it be okay if I got them draped around a copy of Steve’s book?

'Luthon64

Who the funk is Alice?

Mintaka

Considering the genre of the track in question, that should be, “Who the folk is Alice?” Funk only really started happening a few years later in the early 70s. :stuck_out_tongue:

'Luthon64

Why, Alice is the chick who owns the restaurant. I thought that would have been obvious.

:wink: ;D