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Letter: Metaphysics and consciousness

Published 28 September 2016

From Jim Wegryn

Discussion about consciousness (or mind) seems always to assume it is a thing of substance. But its every manifestation, including thinking, remembering and deciding, rides on the arrow of time. It's always in the now. It is a process no different to an active computer program. To talk about the mind-body problem makes as much sense as talking about the hour-clock problem, or the travel-car problem.

Dimondale, Michigan, US

Issue no. 3093 published 1 October 2016

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