(March 5, 2023 at 9:20 am)GrandizerII Wrote: If we ignore phenomenal consciousness altogether (and so discard imagery and visualizing and all that), then what does it really mean to understand the meaning of a word or statement? When I'm focusing on a word on this screen, what exactly goes on in my head that constitutes the interpretation of it in a sense that's categorically different from how a computer treats words? Is it just a matter of structural differences? Complexity? Or is there something more to the distinction?
This stuff is challenging to me.
IMO, Our understanding of words and statements comes down to personal experience.
IE: When I think of the word fight, I'm thinking of two guys punching each other. Someone else might think of the word fight as two people having a loud and worded argument.
"For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming" -The Prophet Boiardi-
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Conservative trigger warning.
