So, looks like it's debate time again. I'm quite excited. Unfortunately, my challenger has vetoed the taking of questions from the audience. But, a bit on the format.
After brief introductions, we will be spending a little bit of time defining our positions: 5-minute openers from the dualist, and from the physicalist, simply defining their positions. I will be defending physicalism about minds primarily, but if my correspondence with my opponent (who goes only by "Bob Smith") is any indication, I imagine that quite a few other topics are going to come up as well.
Once the introductions have passed, one of us will interrogate the other on their position for about 15 minutes, then the roles will switch, then two brief concluding statements. The debate will be moderated by an acquaintance of my opponent. My opponent sounds to be quite an untraditional kind of theist, so this will hopefully be quite interesting.
Afterwards, hopefully we will have viable recordings and I will be answering questions from the reddit Q&A to the best of my ability in the written commentary that will be to follow. So, wish me luck- should be fascinating.
2 comments:
I wanted to wish you luck, and then waited for those who congratulated you on your return, to do so first.
So belatedly, I hope luckily, it did you good.
I take your stance on physicalism as there are billions of years of evidence lying around. Dualism is to wish memories were real.
I look forward to the audio recording of your debate and erudite arguments.
Thanks for sharing these important information.
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