Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Le 30-juin-06, à 21:06, John M a écrit : > > >>"I agree. Other people are part of the model of the >>world we form. And in the same way the existence of >>myself, as a durable entity, is also a part of that >>model. >>Brent Meeker" >>* >>Does this agreed double(?) statement not rub too close >>on solipsism? > > > I agree, and, with all my respect to Brent, I would say it is an > illustration of a typical "error" of the *first* person. Because she is > unable to convince herself (neither in some personal third person way, > nor in any first person ways) of the existence of another, she forgets > she can correctly bet on that "others". And this even if with comp we > can prove (communicate to oneself in a third person way) that the > *correctness* of that bet is necessarily of the type of serendipitous > correctness.
That's not contrary to my conception at all. I certainly do "bet" on the existence of others, and of chairs and tables and stars and electrons and myself, and all for the essentially the same reasons. I don't understand the conjunction of "necessarily" and "serendipitous". Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
