 | Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, Guven Guzeldere - 1997 - 884 pages
...and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is inconceivable as a result of mechanics. 48 Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1998 - 596 pages
...and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem ; but the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously... | |
 | William Seager - 1999 - 322 pages
...long time; a clear formulation is given by John Tyndall (as quoted by William James). 'The passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously,... | |
 | Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari - 2005 - 376 pages
...primary objection to interactionism made little progress. In 1871, John Tyndall wrote "the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously;... | |
 | Abraham Myerson - 2005 - 417 pages
...mind (thought and consciousness) to body. He quotes the "lucky" paragraph from Tyndall, "The passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness ia unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought and a definite molecular action in the brain occur... | |
 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...function of itself. Matter is not by any means a sufficient cause of mind; even Tyndall said: "The passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted, that a definite thought and a definite molecular action in the brain occurs simultaneously,... | |
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... the passage from the current to the needle, if not demonstrable, is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness... 
