Single Idea 12841

[catalogued under 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes]

Full Idea

I have been unable to see that there are processes.

Gist of Idea

I don't believe in processes

Source

Peter Simons (Parts [1987], 4.1 n4)

Book Reference

Simons,Peter: 'Parts: a Study in Ontology' [OUP 1987], p.131


A Reaction

My problem here is that I am inclined to think of the mind as a process of the brain. The fact that a reductive account can be given of a process doesn't mean that we can deny there existence. Is there no such thing as decay, or erosion?