The Shalizi versus Abbott debate
on the mind-body problem
Below are the files
(in chronological order; 1992-1993) of a net-based debate that took place between
Derek Abbott (The University of Adelaide) and Cosma
Rohilla Shalizi (then at Univ. California, Berkley - thereafter moved to
the Santa Fe Institute and now at the University of Michigan). It is a good-humoured
tongue-in-cheek debate where Derek takes on the theologically loyalist and holistic
position, whereas Cosma adopts the reductionistic materialist position. We have
preserved this debate for your enjoyment and because Cosma tends to break out
into poetry that is rather good, in between his oft misguided flights of fancy
:-)
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A/Prof. Derek Abbott
EEE Dept
University of Adelaide
SA 5005, AUSTRALIA.
dabbott@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au
Ph: +618-8303-5748
Fx: +618-8303-4360