PHIL 1033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: System On A Chip
27 Sep 2016
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9. 21. 2016: perfection perfect equality (112-113), perfect circles, idealizations, etc. perfect things are more worthy of our attention the senses, physical desire (101-102) the senses are misleading, sex, food, or anything we crave are desires for physical rewards. Should turn attention to things that are pure. Minds are indivisible and intangible, and hence are not material (116-117, 118-119). Minds are free, and hence are not physical the harp analogy (124): strings have variations of what they can make, what can"t happen: strings stop moving and music still goes on. Tight dependence relation- music due to movement of strings. If brains produce thoughts every moment, then we have the same problem. no way for decision to change. If minds are physical, then wont have control over thoughts and decisions: socrates and sarte a free we have choice of thought. Minds are separate: spirits and minds are more important than bodies.
