> we could imagine a world that’s physically identical, where gravity is caused by something else, other than the non-physical mind. Consciousness is the same.
Doesn't this prove too much? By this logic *nothing* is physical because even if we know all the positions of atoms and the natur eof fundamental forces, we would be to be "told as an additional fact" that god isn't causing them.
Same thing with this computer I'm typing on. We could know the potisions of everything and all the forces, but would have to be told additionally that it really is a computer and not god playing a trick on me.
I think I agree with this article.
One thing though
> we could imagine a world that’s physically identical, where gravity is caused by something else, other than the non-physical mind. Consciousness is the same.
Doesn't this prove too much? By this logic *nothing* is physical because even if we know all the positions of atoms and the natur eof fundamental forces, we would be to be "told as an additional fact" that god isn't causing them.
Same thing with this computer I'm typing on. We could know the potisions of everything and all the forces, but would have to be told additionally that it really is a computer and not god playing a trick on me.