RE: Emotions are intrinsically good and bad
December 13, 2017 at 8:53 am
(This post was last modified: December 13, 2017 at 8:54 am by Edwardo Piet.)
"Good" is a word. But the good is not
Isn't that the way words always work?
"If neurological states are real, they are real, but that's just by your definition. It doesn't really mean anything to say that neurology is real."
You could say that about anything lol.
We use words to label things in reality that are real. No one can or has to 'prove that their definition is the correct one'.
Even science can't do that.
(December 13, 2017 at 8:49 am)bennyboy Wrote: IF hedonic states are good, they are intrinsically good, but that's just by your definition. It really doesn't mean anything to say that.
Isn't that the way words always work?
"If neurological states are real, they are real, but that's just by your definition. It doesn't really mean anything to say that neurology is real."
You could say that about anything lol.
We use words to label things in reality that are real. No one can or has to 'prove that their definition is the correct one'.
Even science can't do that.