RE: Proving What We Already "Know"
June 18, 2022 at 8:37 am
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2022 at 8:40 am by The Grand Nudger.)
We all make pragmatic assumptions. Interestingly, our appraisisals of at least some mental objects appear to be pragmatic assumptions themselves. Persuasively argued as such with complimentary evidence and repeatable experimental results that could be falsified any number of ways.
I've always wondered, what is it, specifically, about this notion that ruffles your feathers. It doesn't seem to be the sort of thing you'd object to on principle (you even express as much up there in thread, rejecting seeming in the case of robots). That objects can report or represent themselves in ways that do not wholly reflect the reality of themselves. Walls, again. Why, in the case of our mind, do you feel compelled to object?
I've always wondered, what is it, specifically, about this notion that ruffles your feathers. It doesn't seem to be the sort of thing you'd object to on principle (you even express as much up there in thread, rejecting seeming in the case of robots). That objects can report or represent themselves in ways that do not wholly reflect the reality of themselves. Walls, again. Why, in the case of our mind, do you feel compelled to object?
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