Re: Trust, Consciousness, Dennett...
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 2, 2004, 16:17 |
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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.
--
John Cowan www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com
[T]here is a Darwinian explanation for the refusal to accept Darwin.
Given the very pessimistic conclusions about moral purpose to which his
theory drives us, and given the importance of a sense of moral purpose
in helping us cope with life, a refusal to believe Darwin's theory may
have important survival value. --Ian Johnston
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