tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post6663792691183688486..comments2024-01-16T09:31:45.073-04:00Comments on Anderson Brown's Philosophy Blog: Phenomenal states are not supervenientAnderson Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358008464457746997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-59271228826058857892011-08-17T07:43:42.157-04:002011-08-17T07:43:42.157-04:00Could self-conscious beings evolve such that they ...Could self-conscious beings evolve such that they had something called phenomenal states which were not supervenient and thus advanced no mixed evolutionary stable strategy by introducing a stochastic element? <br />What use would a non supervenient mental state be to a product of Natural Selection? Why would precious nutritional resources be burnt up so that phenomenal states might exist?<br /><br />It appears 'phenomenal states' is just a word for some sort of noumenal bed-rock- a limit of no interest in itself but serving to define intentionality, the real star of the show, by revealing what it isn't.<br />Intentionality, however, one may as plausibly argue, isn't operationalizable at all any more than 'revealed preferences' are in Econ- or, the author's supposed intentions for hermeneutics.windwheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18099651877551933295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-42767552962035845422011-05-01T15:03:49.232-04:002011-05-01T15:03:49.232-04:00Rene Descartes' walks in to his local bar and ...Rene Descartes' walks in to his local bar and sits on a stool. The barkeep sidles up and asks, "Will you be having the usual?"<br /><br />Rene replies "I think not." Then he vanishes into thin air.Don Thiemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com