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Article #6Re: Just Chemicals -- Daniel Dennett
From: Hermital
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 00:00
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Gwen Lenker wrote:
>
> Vincent Stadelmann <vstadelm@dico.epfl.ch> wrote in article
> <32FB007C.1B5B@dico.epfl.ch>...
> > Hello how do you do,
> > I think that the body is over powering the mind, what do you think of
> > that?
>
> If you mean that what we call the mind is entirely the product of
> physiological processes, you're in good company.
>
> Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick shares that view. Try to locate a copy of
> his book, _The Astonishing Hypothesis_.
>
> Stephen Hawking has expressed a similar sentiment in interviews but I can't
> manage a citation at the moment.
For an in-depth view of consciousness and matter, take a look at Joe
Wolf's article "Quantum Metaphysics" at URL
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/joachimwolf/
I hope this helps.
--
Alan
Understanding comes first: The physics will come later.
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