Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!unc!tim From: tim@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: materialism Message-ID: <5323@unc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 16:45:28 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5323 Posted: Mon Jun 6 16:45:28 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 23:07:58 EDT Lines: 9 The problem with emergent propery explanations is that they don't really seem to explain anything. "What is mind?" "An emergent property of the nervous and endocrine systems." Great. It seems that you might as well say "It's a magic thing based on the nervous and endocrine systems." Perhaps there is something missing from my understanding here. If so, clue me in. Tim Maroney