2007/6/14, Torgny Tholerus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Bruno Marchal skrev: > > Le 07-juin-07, à 15:47, Torgny Tholerus a écrit : > > What is the philosophical term for persons like me, that totally deny the > existence of the consciousness? > An eliminativist. > "Eliminativist" is not a good term for persons like me, because that term > implies that you are eliminating an important part of reality. But you > can't eliminate something that does not exists. If you don't believe in > ghosts, are you then an eliminativist? If you don't believe in Santa Claus, > are you then an eliminativist, eliminating Santa Claus? > > -- > Torgny Tholerus
Sure but I still don't understand what could mean 'to know', 'to believe' for an entity which is not conscious. Also if you're not conscious, there is no 'me', no 'I', so there exists no 'person like you' because then you're not a person. Quentin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
