Rationally im a physicalist. There is very few evidence for dualism even if some philosophers keep trying to defend it. It IS hard to imagine what a mind could be other than a mental thing, eventually a mental substance even. Even though the discussion about after images is an interesting one when talking about mental states or substances. A purely physicalist approach, in this light isnt as logical as it seems as it doesnt necessarilly satisfie our common sense.
Talking about common sense, i strongly feel that everything is only mental and not physical. Flow for instance feels really unphysical to me. Also death is something that feels different than just the loss of physical entities. My death, I imagine more as the loss of my view, my sound, my thinking (mind?). As if perception would die other than my brain would die. but as said before it probably IS my brain. It is just very hard to understand it as such in our normal state of mind of every day. We mostly seem not completely 'entzaubert' while were perceptioning.
@ myke and wolf
when i first met existentialism , I instantly fell in love. the freedom it proclaims , the beuty of a makeable self ( and world). just great. Even though we all know that love makes blind. For existentalism the blind spot clearly is the lack of recognition for institutions that form us until we are who we are. Foucault is a very interesting read on that subject.
Talking about common sense, i strongly feel that everything is only mental and not physical. Flow for instance feels really unphysical to me. Also death is something that feels different than just the loss of physical entities. My death, I imagine more as the loss of my view, my sound, my thinking (mind?). As if perception would die other than my brain would die. but as said before it probably IS my brain. It is just very hard to understand it as such in our normal state of mind of every day. We mostly seem not completely 'entzaubert' while were perceptioning.
@ myke and wolf
when i first met existentialism , I instantly fell in love. the freedom it proclaims , the beuty of a makeable self ( and world). just great. Even though we all know that love makes blind. For existentalism the blind spot clearly is the lack of recognition for institutions that form us until we are who we are. Foucault is a very interesting read on that subject.