RE: On naturalism and consciousness
August 28, 2014 at 12:34 am
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2014 at 12:37 am by Whateverist.)
(August 27, 2014 at 9:31 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(August 27, 2014 at 9:14 pm)whateverist Wrote: What I am contesting is any conclusions you think you have reached about the significance of your subjective experience in determining anything beyond your personal reality.But doesn't this apply to everything we know, or think we know?
Yes and no. Yes it does .. in some, brain-in-a-vat/matrix/idealist sense. But in another sense, no, not at all. We are all able to make the objective/subjective distinction. We should all understand the difference between "pistachio is the best ice cream flavor ever" and "pistachio is the flavor of ice cream I like best". It isn't that hard. The first is the hyperbole of private experience; the second is true in interpersonal-space.
That which is demonstrable in interpersonal-space .. like the Pythagorean theorem or historical facts .. is true in a stronger sense than that which is true only for you and those who think/experience as you happen to.
I will always resist those who want to plant the flags of their personal experience in interpersonal-space. Those who wish to share their private experience in a less domineering way will receive no resistance from me.
