[lbo-talk] Re: therapy vs drugs

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Winslow" <egwinslow at rogers.com>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > And how do you know that brain chemistry doesn't depend on mental
> > states? Repeated stresses/insults/disappointments/injuries could
> > change the biochemistry, no?
>
> The view that "all mental states depend on brain chemistry" is itself a
> mental state.   In what sense can it be "knowledge" if, as this
> implies, it is a biochemical phenomenon?
>
> Ted

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