tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post7399143509314055053..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Fun with Neural GroundingRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-79722526702498065242007-05-16T05:45:00.000-04:002007-05-16T05:45:00.000-04:00Paul, I wouldn't mind so much if subjectivism ("th...Paul, I wouldn't mind so much if subjectivism ("the facts are whatever we think they are") was one's considered meta-ethical view.* My real complaint here is that popular writers don't seem to even recognize that there are possible alternatives; that there's a question here to be asked.<BR/><BR/>* = Well, okay, I don't think all that highly of explicit subjectivism either. See <A HREF="http://pixnaps.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-we-need-to-idealize-ethics.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>"<I>What kinds of things are grounded in some distinctive property of the human brain?</I>"<BR/><BR/>Distinctive human psychology and behaviour. That could include moral behaviour and creative behaviour, of course. But insofar as we believe in moral or creative <I>ideals</I> that outstrip our actual practice, these ideals are not directly reducible to anything in our actual, non-ideal state.<BR/><BR/>DP - arguably, we're the only species capable of moral (or other) <I>reflection</I>. But the comment is odd, in light of its anti-rationalist context. If "morality" is purely behavioural, e.g. a set of social norms to enforce co-operation, then some other primates might be said to have <I>that</I>. (I guess they're leaning on the "complexity" condition, as GNZ notes.)Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-86214310962586781802007-05-16T03:47:00.000-04:002007-05-16T03:47:00.000-04:00What kinds of things are grounded in some distinct...What kinds of things <I>are</I> grounded in some distinctive property of the human brain? Anything?<BR/><BR/>Say, poetry? I don't think there are poetic facts for us to discover. What are ppl who think morality is exactly (only) moral judgements missing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-14615325686804205122007-05-15T15:19:00.000-04:002007-05-15T15:19:00.000-04:00"Homo Sapiens is the only species to develop human..."Homo Sapiens is the only species to develop human waste"<BR/><BR/>and I agree wth DP - Im als concerned about hte use of the word "complex" what does that mean in this context?<BR/><BR/>GNZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-2469079110391918772007-05-15T12:19:00.000-04:002007-05-15T12:19:00.000-04:00Wait, what's the justification for saying that Hom...Wait, what's the justification for saying that Homo Sapiens is the only species with a moral system of some sort or another?MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573343122387060193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-15573388512519829162007-05-14T22:07:00.000-04:002007-05-14T22:07:00.000-04:00Because Homo Sapiens is the only species to develo...Because Homo Sapiens is the only species to develop complex systems for the management of human waste, ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-22399539200485486262007-05-14T12:53:00.000-04:002007-05-14T12:53:00.000-04:00Because Homo sapiens is the only species to constr...Because Homo sapiens is the only species to construct complex concepts of grounding, the concept of grounding has to be grounded in some distinctive property of the human brain.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605891705240240127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-73314779548008407792007-05-14T03:25:00.000-04:002007-05-14T03:25:00.000-04:00Because Homo sapiens is the only species to constr...Because Homo sapiens is the only species to construct complex sciences of the brain, the brain has to be grounded in some distinctive property of the human brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-12902797040910281142007-05-14T01:20:00.000-04:002007-05-14T01:20:00.000-04:00"Because Homo sapiens is the only species to const..."Because Homo sapiens is the only species to construct complex fruitcake recipes, fruitcake has to be grounded in some distinctive property of the human brain."Mike Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349289865571299017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-86258871067192258662007-05-14T00:59:00.000-04:002007-05-14T00:59:00.000-04:00"Because Homo sapiens is the only species to const..."Because Homo sapiens is the only species to construct complex mathematical theories/models/algorithms/etc., mathematics has to be grounded in some distinctive property of the human brain."paintisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443666588024095574noreply@blogger.com