> On 18 Sep 2019, at 21:30, Alan Grayson <agrayson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 1:14:36 PM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:55 PM Alan Grayson <agrays...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > You know, there are things we call "dictionaries" where words are defined. > > And all those dictionary definitions are made of words, and all those words > have there own definitions also in the dictionary, and all those words have > there own definitions also in the dictionary, and all those words have there > own definitions also in the dictionary.... and round and round we go. Another > definition is never going to break is out of that meaningless circle, to do > that you're going to need an example. After all, where do you think the > people who wrote the dictionary got the knowledge to write their book? > > > If we have no way to define "consciousness", we have no chance of > > understanding it. > > That's not true for consciousness and its not true for anything else either. > Fundamentally our understanding of the world does not come from definitions, > it comes from examples. > > John K Clark > > Where would science be without its definitions? They are decisive in knowing > what we are talking about! And there's more, much more to dictionaries, than > you claim. AG
In science, we never know. A scientist who say “we know that …” is either doing an abuse of language for being short, or is a con artist. Bruno > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/43a058f4-4f16-4e3e-b3a8-9f29312e441f%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/43a058f4-4f16-4e3e-b3a8-9f29312e441f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/15D5AA6C-01DC-4E65-8318-F2D4BEB800B4%40ulb.ac.be.
