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Re: Trust, Consciousness, Dennett...

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Friday, July 2, 2004, 16:23
John Cowan wrote:

>Gary Shannon scripsit: > > > >>Briefly, Dennet explains how the movie projector works >>and then concludes that because the projector can be >>explained it follows that the audience in the theater >>does not exist. >> >> > >Dennett explains that the whole movie-projector metaphor makes no sense. >Officially, it's been rejected by both philosophers and neurologists >for a long time, but its influence continues to linger. > >
Seems like something of an appeal to authority there. I'd like to read it, but I'm almost certain I'll find it false.