Re:Learning Concepts with Energy Functions
by yters on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:18PM
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Well, that gets to the question of how we define materialism. Broadly enough, then a nonphysical soul can also be a new materialistic cause, so we do not have a disagreement.
The fundamental issue is whether the new theory, materialistic or not, can be quantitatively and empirically tested in some way. I propose the notion of the mind as a halting oracle is such a thing. And we can call it a materialistic halting oracle so we don't violate the need for purely materialistic explanations.
https://am-nat.org/site/halting-oracles-as-intelligent-agent...
It depends on a lot of things that were considered impossible, but not things that are logically incompatible with materialism.
> So, it seems prima facie your claim that immaterial explanations have never been able to adequately answer any question to be incorrect.
No, all the things you point to are material explanations.