2007/6/14, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp.domain.name.hidden>:
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>
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> On 14/06/07, Quentin Anciaux <allcolor.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
> > > "Eliminativist" is not a good term for persons like me, because that
> term
> > > implies that you are eliminating an important part of reality. But you
> > > can't eliminate something that does not exists. If you don't believe in
> > > ghosts, are you then an eliminativist? If you don't believe in Santa
> Claus,
> > > are you then an eliminativist, eliminating Santa Claus?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Torgny Tholerus
> >
> > Sure but I still don't understand what could mean 'to know', 'to
> > believe' for an entity which is not conscious. Also if you're not
> > conscious, there is no 'me', no 'I', so there exists no 'person like
> > you' because then you're not a person.
> >
> Sure, but Torgny is just displaying the person-like behaviour of claiming to
> be a person.
Yes, in this case his writing is just garbage because it doesn't have
any meaning. I can't understand what it means for an unconscious thing
(for example a rock) to know something, to believe in something, to
have thought (especially this one, because it could be a definition of
consciousness, ie: something which has thought).
Quentin
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Received on Thu Jun 14 2007 - 07:56:25 PDT