Searle Against Property Dualism

Ladies and Gentleman, John Searle arguing against property dualism, an excerpt from ‘Why I am not a property dualist’ I put the text here in order to start a discussion about who is right and who is wrong, on the consciousness game. “ Because neither consciousness nor matter are reducible to the other, they are [...]

Quickly Characterizing the Problem of Consciousness

Consciousness can be used in many senses, “The” problem of consciousness involves uniquely the sense of sentience, that is, being aware of things, experiencing reds, blues, greens, pains, pleasures and so on. The problem of consciousness refers to there being something it is like to be you. The problem can be stated in some ways [...]

What I Learned to Appreciate

In his What I Have Lived For, Bertrand Russell writes: “Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a great ocean [...]

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Hobbes, no Leviatã, cria uma teoria politica de um Estado que para se manter saudável mantém um poder quase absoluto, inclusive sobre a propriedade. Já Locke, que escrevia enquanto envolvido no coup que tirou James II (um católico absolutista) do poder, afirmou a inviolabilidade da propriedade. Ele traça uma causa histórica para fundamentar essa inviolabilidade: [...]