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Re:It’s Complicated: Unraveling the mystery of why people ac... by amasad on Monday June 19, 2017 @11:53PM (#14592081)
>I understand that some people claim this to be a definition, but that hardly makes it one. What's 'extra-physical'? To do this, you must first define what boundaries physicality has. I don't think there is any good definition to be offered here without begging the question.

I get that this question can be recursively applied. It's children's favorite game -- to keep asking "what is ____?". I'm going to guess that you disagree with philosophy as a whole and will keep questioning if anything philosophers discuss is well-defined. If that's the case why are we then discussing philosophy?

EDIT: you can also say "I disagree with physicalism" or "I'm a dualist". But saying all those things are not well-defined is merely a cop-out.

Re:It’s Complicated: Unraveling the mystery of why people ac... by tacomonstrous on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @12:05AM (#14592127)
We can discuss philosophical notions, but then we are discussing philosophy and not science.

I just have a distaste for bringing science into a discussion where it can be finagled into whatever one finds convenient for the matter at hand.