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Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by nanopeace on Sunday March 18, 2018 @12:14PM (#16612616)
Would you care to elaborate?

The mind consists of atoms and molecules. All of the physics relevant to chemistry is known [0].

[0] 10.1021/cr200042e

Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by cgmg on Sunday March 18, 2018 @12:54PM (#16612836)
> The mind consists of atoms and molecules.

This is a type error. It's like saying the number 3 is made of atoms and molecules, or Wednesday is made of atoms and molecules.

Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by mr_toad on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:34PM (#16615849)
The concept of a mind is not the same as an instance of a particular mind, any more than a algorithm is the same as a running process, or the idea of 3 is the same as a set of logic gates designed to represent a 3 in binary.

Mistaking our own internal representation of our own mind (our consciousness) for our actual mind is what Dennit is arguing against.

Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by hyperpape on Sunday March 18, 2018 @01:04PM (#16612893)
You're gonna have to say a lot more to not beg the question here.
Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by manjushri on Sunday March 18, 2018 @01:53PM (#16613200)
What question? It seems pretty clear what they are saying: the concept of mind is a social contruct, metaphorical, a figure of speech rather than a figure of physical reality.