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Old 07-11-2010, 04:34 AM   #820
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
Is it possible to give an example of a brain state being about something that is not a brain state?

I'm probably imagining it to be something it isn't.
At its simplest I guess the question resolves into how can a brain state mean something. If my brain is in state A (or, for that matter, has emergent physical property A), how can that brain state mean what it does to me.
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