Thus spake Miles Parker circa 09-09-18 10:18 AM:
> Now, this really is the heart of the matter. One certainly can
> experience without forming an opinion. Granted, that can take a lot of
> practice. But a world in which all phenomenon could only be appreciated
> through our learned, parochial biase
Thus spake Russ Abbott circa 09-09-18 09:53 AM:
> Glen, You and Nick (and I) actually agree that thought is not necessary for
> us to eat, walk, etc. We do it whether or not we think that we do it. It
> seems to me that you are supposing that Nick (and I) are saying something
> different. We're not
On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Russ Abbott wrote:
And by the way, when I say one can't help but have an opinion about
the color of the sky I'm really saying that one can't help but have
an opinion about one's experience of seeing the sky. Certainly one
can ask whether it even makes sense to
And by the way, when I say one can't help but have an opinion about the
color of the sky I'm really saying that one can't help but have an opinion
about one's experience of seeing the sky. Certainly one can ask whether it
even makes sense to say that the sky has a color, and if so how would one
me
Glen, You and Nick (and I) actually agree that thought is not necessary for
us to eat, walk, etc. We do it whether or not we think that we do it. It
seems to me that you are supposing that Nick (and I) are saying something
different. We're not. What I'm saying (and what I imagine Nick is saying)
i
On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:46 PM, russell standish wrote:
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:53:19PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Wait a minute! They cannot call it a dilusion because "dilusion"
presupposes a state of affairs that IS -- i.e., a reality.
Yes, I would imagine that the people shouting
Thus spake Nicholas Thompson circa 09/17/2009 10:06 PM:
> How can you even write to me without presupposing my existence.
Because that is what we _do_. We talk to each other. And we've been
talking to each other long _before_ we ever had the biologically based
ability to _presuppose_ your existe
Maybe we should read Mill, the chapter on the composition of causes is
only 5 pages:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27942/27942-h/27942-h.html#toc53
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Nicholas Thompson
wrote:
> The seminar met this afternoon, now eight in number.
>
> I would like to
