Originally posted by Jim B.
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Again, you've just made another philosophical argument which I can disregard as not being factual.
I don't know what you mean by 'academic,'
Reason, logic, and philosophical interpretation are endemic, and essential, to all of human thought, whether you like it, acknowledge it, or not.
Why not try to argue the actual merits of the case rather than focus on extraneous issues? Could it be because you can't?
No, I was referring to the worth of Bach's music itself. Of course he cannot compose any more oratorios, but again that's merely the necessary conditions. Bach's music would not exist without his conception but his conception doesn't = his music.
My argument functions on the assumption that phenomenal concepts don't reduce to physical concepts. there are many possible implications of that. Some physicalists like Galen Strawson accept that argument.
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