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> Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> And how do you know that brain chemistry doesn't depend on mental
>> states? Repeated stresses/insults/disappointments/injuries could
>> change the biochemistry, no?
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> 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?
Why couldn't knowledge just be a biochemical phenomenon? Isn't Alzheimer's disease, or the result of certain brain injuries, a perfect example of why knowledge is a biochemical phenomenon? -joan
> Ted
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