GoAnimate.com: Chapter 22&23;visual by chansamuel
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I agree with the author that human has 2 views; naturalistic and theistic view. But theistic view sounds more right because it holds more explanable parts and it gives meaning to our life.
2011년 11월 30일 수요일
2011년 11월 19일 토요일
Ramachandran Homework
1. What is materialism
Materialism is a type of monism belief that states everything in this world is made out of material. Monists deny the existence of something spiritual like soul, ghost, or spirit. They say this world is made out of physical matter and it alone exists.
2. Explain Brain Chemistry argument for materialism
Brain Chemistry supports monism because it states that emotions such as love, grief, and happiness is nothing but a hormone in brain. Brain Chemists are locating which part of brain is responsible for which emotions or other function of our body this they are supporting the fact that everything is made out of physical matter. It prove their view that there are no such things that go beyond physical dimension.
3. Explain clearly how Ramachandran's three examples can support the brain chemistry argument for materialism.
Ranchandran's three examples Capgras Syndrome, phantom limb, and synesthesia. Capgras Syndrome which relates to our emotion supported that emotions rise from our brain. A man who had a brain injury could not recognize his mother when he saw her, he did recognized that the person standing in front of him looks like his mother but he felt no affection from her. This example showed that our emotion are not something unphysical but simply a work of our brain. Second case phantom limb cure also prove brain chemists' view. Ramachandran came up with an idea that in order to cure the phantom all we need to do is to fool our brain. So he prepared a mirror that would reflect the right hand's movement and thus fooling the brain that the left hand is actually moving. So the patient would be released from pain, this prove that our emotion "pain" is also a work of brain and can be simply fooled by a visual effect. Last case Stnesthesia proves that when a person sees an object and easily associate with seemingly unassociated objects. It proves that this things arent anything spiritual thing but its simply a brain error that the person was born with.
Materialism is a type of monism belief that states everything in this world is made out of material. Monists deny the existence of something spiritual like soul, ghost, or spirit. They say this world is made out of physical matter and it alone exists.
2. Explain Brain Chemistry argument for materialism
Brain Chemistry supports monism because it states that emotions such as love, grief, and happiness is nothing but a hormone in brain. Brain Chemists are locating which part of brain is responsible for which emotions or other function of our body this they are supporting the fact that everything is made out of physical matter. It prove their view that there are no such things that go beyond physical dimension.
3. Explain clearly how Ramachandran's three examples can support the brain chemistry argument for materialism.
Ranchandran's three examples Capgras Syndrome, phantom limb, and synesthesia. Capgras Syndrome which relates to our emotion supported that emotions rise from our brain. A man who had a brain injury could not recognize his mother when he saw her, he did recognized that the person standing in front of him looks like his mother but he felt no affection from her. This example showed that our emotion are not something unphysical but simply a work of our brain. Second case phantom limb cure also prove brain chemists' view. Ramachandran came up with an idea that in order to cure the phantom all we need to do is to fool our brain. So he prepared a mirror that would reflect the right hand's movement and thus fooling the brain that the left hand is actually moving. So the patient would be released from pain, this prove that our emotion "pain" is also a work of brain and can be simply fooled by a visual effect. Last case Stnesthesia proves that when a person sees an object and easily associate with seemingly unassociated objects. It proves that this things arent anything spiritual thing but its simply a brain error that the person was born with.
2011년 11월 17일 목요일
Truman Show
I sent it to your maul I didnt know that it was suppose to be a blog post.
Truman Show
If Truman was Scientific Determinist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: No, my actions weren’t free. All of my actions were caused by something, like how I got my job was caused by people near me, their decisions were caused by director’s decision which was also caused by urge to make the show famous which was caused by greed for money and on and on.
Interviewer: Then does actions in outer world free?
Truman: Again my answer is no, free will happens when the action didn’t have any cause. But according to Universal causation every event must have a cause which led to such event. Every part of our life was to happen because it was cause by some other cause.
Interviewer: So you believe in universal causation?
Truman: Absolutely, it makes sense all our actions were caused by something else that also had some other cause. Well I wont say free will don’t exist.
Interviewer: Oh than what is definition of free will?
Truman: Free will is an action that wasn’t caused by something else, an action that can happened without a cause is a free will.
Interviewer: But according your previous statements isn’t it possible
Truman: Who knows? Theoretically it’s impossible but I don’t think it doesn’t exist
Interviewer: Thank you for being with us Mr. Truman, I hope to see you soon
Truman: It was my pleasure
If Truman was a Simple Indeterminist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes, I was free why do you even ask that?
Interviewer: Well how do you know your free? Don’t you think that events happened by some other thing causing it?
Truman: Not at all, when I raised my arm or stretched it was me who did it, there wasn’t any director to tell me that I should now stretch. Not every event is necessarily caused by something.
Interviewer: So you deny universal causation?
Truman: Yes, we are free and not every event is caused by something else. There are events that happen due to some other factor acting up but simple things aren’t caused by something else.
Interviewer: But even the simple things are caused by something too. You stretched because maybe you slept in an uncomfortable place and just woke up.
Truman: In my case I think our free will is too simple and outright for any complicated scientific theories to actually take part.
Interviewer: Well it was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Truman
Truman: Well I am glad
If Truman was compatibilist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes, I think I was free, since after all my actions were all performed by me right?
Interviewer: But
Truman: can you raise your hand please
(Interviewer raise his hand)
Truman: Well did you freely raise your hand?
Interviewer: yes but you told me to raise my hand
Truman: however don’t forget the fact that it was you who raised your hand
Interviewer: But you caused me to raise my hand
Truman: Really? Or was it inner part of you that decided to raise your hand. To put it simple you freely decided to raise your hand
Interviewer: Well you can say that
Truman: See? Free will isn’t all that complex.
Interviewer: But your denying universal causation
Truman: No, in fact I am a supporter of UC, but my definition of free will is that we are free if our action rose from the inside. If we decided to do things by thinking than we are free.
Interviewer: Well I am not sure but anyway thank you for coming
Truman: my pleasure
If Truman was an Agency Theorist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes I was free, remember when the director tried convincing me directly not to leave?
Interviewer: yes I do recall that
Truman: I had the choice to leave the island or go back to the island.
Interviewer: But something did caused it? Didn’t it?
Truman: I am neutral toward universal causation but it was me who was deciding, it was me who decided what to do next.
Interviewer: But still something should have caused it
Truman: something did cause it, I did
Interviewer: well if you say so
Truman: Think, many things are caused by something else, and usually that something else is an intelligent being or agent that causes change. In my case I was the agent that made change.
Interviewer: Okay it was a pleasure talking to you Mr. Truman
Truman: Thank you to you too
Truman Show
If Truman was Scientific Determinist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: No, my actions weren’t free. All of my actions were caused by something, like how I got my job was caused by people near me, their decisions were caused by director’s decision which was also caused by urge to make the show famous which was caused by greed for money and on and on.
Interviewer: Then does actions in outer world free?
Truman: Again my answer is no, free will happens when the action didn’t have any cause. But according to Universal causation every event must have a cause which led to such event. Every part of our life was to happen because it was cause by some other cause.
Interviewer: So you believe in universal causation?
Truman: Absolutely, it makes sense all our actions were caused by something else that also had some other cause. Well I wont say free will don’t exist.
Interviewer: Oh than what is definition of free will?
Truman: Free will is an action that wasn’t caused by something else, an action that can happened without a cause is a free will.
Interviewer: But according your previous statements isn’t it possible
Truman: Who knows? Theoretically it’s impossible but I don’t think it doesn’t exist
Interviewer: Thank you for being with us Mr. Truman, I hope to see you soon
Truman: It was my pleasure
If Truman was a Simple Indeterminist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes, I was free why do you even ask that?
Interviewer: Well how do you know your free? Don’t you think that events happened by some other thing causing it?
Truman: Not at all, when I raised my arm or stretched it was me who did it, there wasn’t any director to tell me that I should now stretch. Not every event is necessarily caused by something.
Interviewer: So you deny universal causation?
Truman: Yes, we are free and not every event is caused by something else. There are events that happen due to some other factor acting up but simple things aren’t caused by something else.
Interviewer: But even the simple things are caused by something too. You stretched because maybe you slept in an uncomfortable place and just woke up.
Truman: In my case I think our free will is too simple and outright for any complicated scientific theories to actually take part.
Interviewer: Well it was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Truman
Truman: Well I am glad
If Truman was compatibilist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes, I think I was free, since after all my actions were all performed by me right?
Interviewer: But
Truman: can you raise your hand please
(Interviewer raise his hand)
Truman: Well did you freely raise your hand?
Interviewer: yes but you told me to raise my hand
Truman: however don’t forget the fact that it was you who raised your hand
Interviewer: But you caused me to raise my hand
Truman: Really? Or was it inner part of you that decided to raise your hand. To put it simple you freely decided to raise your hand
Interviewer: Well you can say that
Truman: See? Free will isn’t all that complex.
Interviewer: But your denying universal causation
Truman: No, in fact I am a supporter of UC, but my definition of free will is that we are free if our action rose from the inside. If we decided to do things by thinking than we are free.
Interviewer: Well I am not sure but anyway thank you for coming
Truman: my pleasure
If Truman was an Agency Theorist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes I was free, remember when the director tried convincing me directly not to leave?
Interviewer: yes I do recall that
Truman: I had the choice to leave the island or go back to the island.
Interviewer: But something did caused it? Didn’t it?
Truman: I am neutral toward universal causation but it was me who was deciding, it was me who decided what to do next.
Interviewer: But still something should have caused it
Truman: something did cause it, I did
Interviewer: well if you say so
Truman: Think, many things are caused by something else, and usually that something else is an intelligent being or agent that causes change. In my case I was the agent that made change.
Interviewer: Okay it was a pleasure talking to you Mr. Truman
Truman: Thank you to you too
2011년 11월 2일 수요일
Agency Theory Part 1 (continued on part 2)
GoAnimate.com: Debate on Free will Part 1 by chansamuel
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Milgrim Experiment
The way experiment was set up was simple. There will be two volunteers, each placed in different room but able to hear each other. Man1 attach electric shocker to his right arm (man2 sees this). Man2 will go to the other room and press electric shock switch whenever man1 gets the wrong answer. What man2 doesn't know is that man1 will take off the electric shocker on his hand and turn on voice recorder that was recorded before hand. Man1 will purposely answer many questions wrong and man2 will increase the power of voltage shock. According to experiment result man2 is putted under immense mental stress but about 60~65% of the people will continue to press until "certain death" voltage. The reason they do is simple its because they were told that they won't be held responsible for any harm done to man1.
This action can be explained in agency theory and ethics. Ethically man2 knows that when man1 pleads to stop he should stop (that's what other 35~40% people does). However man2 is not without choice. He has a free will according to agency theory. A) Man2 will stop the shock B) Man2 will continue the shock. Agent, which is man2, chooses either action A or B. Although outer pressure or other factors might exist it is agent who is making the decision. According to UC, every event is part of a cause. In Action B UC will work since an event, continue shock, was caused by another cause. However UC doesnt work for Action A since action A is an event that will lead to another event.
This action can be explained in agency theory and ethics. Ethically man2 knows that when man1 pleads to stop he should stop (that's what other 35~40% people does). However man2 is not without choice. He has a free will according to agency theory. A) Man2 will stop the shock B) Man2 will continue the shock. Agent, which is man2, chooses either action A or B. Although outer pressure or other factors might exist it is agent who is making the decision. According to UC, every event is part of a cause. In Action B UC will work since an event, continue shock, was caused by another cause. However UC doesnt work for Action A since action A is an event that will lead to another event.
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