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- From: iordonez@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Ivan Ordonez-Reinoso)
- Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
- Subject: Re: A linguistical reformulation of the problem of consciousness
- Message-ID: <iordonez.722040005@academ01>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:40:05 GMT
- References: <iordonez.721351866@academ01> <1992Nov10.195531.482@wixer.cactus.org>
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- sparky@wixer.cactus.org (Timothy Sheridan) writes:
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- >In article <iordonez.721351866@academ01> iordonez@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Ivan O
- >rdonez-Reinoso) writes:
- [...]
- >>In other words, Why am I?
-
-
- >Why are you 'what' ?
- Your question is valid only if you believe existence precedes being. Do
- I need to be _something_ in order to be?
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- >See, models dont do that. The best answer is somthing like 'ta da'.:)
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- >Understand all and every thing will make sense. otherwise the best we can do
- >is take notes... are you writing this down?
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- How is this philosophical position called? Functionalism? Behaviorism? I
- am not sure. Anyway, all I know is that what you asserted above is an
- opinion, and not an established fact.
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- Am I asserting something by asking questions? :)
-
- --Ivan Ordonez
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