Brent Meeker wrote:
>George Levy wrote:
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>>Brent Meeker wrote:
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>>>That brings us back to Descartes "I think therefore I am"; which Russell
>>>pointed out was an unsupported inference.
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>>IMHO everything hinges on "I think." "I think" MUST BE THE STARTING
>>POINT - for any conscious observer THERE IS NO OTHER OBSERVABLE STARTING
>>POINT!
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>Are you disputing Russell's point that "I" is a construct and "thinking" is
>all you have without inference?
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Yes. I am disputing what Russell said: "I think" IS THE ONE AND ONLY
STARTING POINT for any conscious thought process. It is both an
observation and an axiom. Developing the concept of "I think" in a
formal mathematical fashion as Bruno is attempting to do is IMO the
right way to proceed. I also believe that "I think" leads to a relative
(or relativistic) TOE - probably a very extreme view.
George
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Received on Sun Aug 13 2006 - 20:09:37 PDT