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Unread 12-28-2012, 09:08 PM   #95 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Beebs View Post
Surely it is possible to identify, although maybe not quantify, things such as meaningfulness and importance as tangible things through neuroscience?
What do you mean exactly? Like you could watch parts of someone's brain light up on a monitor when they talk about loving their children or finding God?

The point I'm arguing is that objective meaning can not come from the human mind if we're arguing from a strictly empiricist point of view.
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