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17.6.10

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Reductionism: Descartes held that non-human animals could be reductively explained as automata — De homines 1662.

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  1. Eilif, I'm studying reductionism as an explanation of consciousness making notes last night on the theories;you did choose the path less traveled.

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  2. Our consciousness is like the shadow of a horse running playing no causal role in the real work done by the brain. .V.S. Ramachandan. The self and consciousness are epiphenomena. We don't matter even though we are matter but we are very beautiful.

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