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Post by Terrapin Station on May 31, 2017 12:55:16 GMT
We certainly agree on that, it just doesn't change the physical facts of the world (and that is itself a physical fact). And there are only physical facts. What do you mean by "physical facts" exactly? It strikes me for instance that "all bachelors are unmarried" is a fact but it doesn't strike me as physical per se - there is no such physical thing as marriage. There's certainly no non-physical thing such as marriage, a fortiori because the very idea of non-physical things is incoherent. But marriage does exist. I'm married after all. So marriage is a physical fact, or a set of physical facts rather, as is everything. What physical facts? Well, things such as ways of thinking about other people (which are brain states), and ways of treating people (including others treating a married couple in ways that we take to count as a married couple), and particular documents (marriage certificates for example) and so on. |
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