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I don't think one has privileged acces to flubberts. You have access as well, and even to that of mine, albeit only indirectly via the outside of the ...
December 20, 2021 at 21:32
:lol: Yeah, alright. But that's a problem of language. You can rename objective material processes bocketibonders just as well. I think there is a rel...
December 20, 2021 at 19:54
Is it a coincidence that the symbols for infinity and zero are similar? You can run around on both of them forever. But so you can on 8. On 4, 6, and ...
December 20, 2021 at 18:50
Aha! Then it's small wonder indeed that you think they are useless. In reality though, qualia make up the whole world we live in. No, that's why they ...
December 19, 2021 at 21:54
If that is so, how will they be able in the first place to even think about conducting experiments? If you imagine there are no people you should imag...
December 19, 2021 at 18:59
Agent Tangerine, the infamous cousin of Agent Orange... You touch upon a deep issue here, as a matter of fact! It is claimed that symmetries lay at th...
December 19, 2021 at 17:49
It depends on the ideas and logic used. Ideas and logic seem to couple themselves naturally, like Earth has coupled naturally with Sun. Ideas are not ...
December 19, 2021 at 16:51
The concept of force is closely related to symmetry. It can even define force. If you play soccer with a ball protected by a coat then the ball beneat...
December 19, 2021 at 16:02
So I've read the first paragraphs, and as I thought, Dennet doesn't convince. As usual for materialists, he siphons the burden of proof to the shoulde...
December 19, 2021 at 15:57
The true philosopher wants to know the truth. So the real philosophers are journalists and scientists. So every student in philosophy should study sci...
December 19, 2021 at 14:18
The strange thing with squares is that they do stay the same after rotation. It's relation with surrounding squares may become different, but the squa...
December 19, 2021 at 14:18
Dennet is a computer guy. I'm not interested in computers. I know what he tries to do. He projects computational processes on an area where they don't...
December 19, 2021 at 14:18
The "it" you refer to can be something that combines matter and qualia. The "it" can be matter as well as quale.
December 19, 2021 at 14:18
Still, legs have no mind. They are coupled to it, but don't experience mind related stuff. Well, they can hurt or feel a massage, or feel the ground t...
December 19, 2021 at 14:18
Infinite means in-finito, not finished, never to be finished. What in life never finishes? The finish line can be pulled away from you indefinitely. I...
December 19, 2021 at 14:18
This implies a dualism. "It" and "the cup". What means "one sees"? Already in saying "one sees" are qualia involved. What do you even mean by qualia a...
December 18, 2021 at 22:38