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Article #400Re: John Searle
From: Christopher Green
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:06
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:06
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In article <1992Dec17.015705.630@cs.su.oz.au> danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny) writes: > >OK. If there are no differing causal consequences at all between your >sensation of colour and mine then I would argue that your sensation of >colour is the same as mine. And what, pray tell, would be your warrant for that conclusion. Assuming you're limiting "causal consequences" to behavioral ones, you've only looked a half the story. If you don't, on the other hand, limit to behavioral consequences, then I'll claim (from personal experience) that you're just wrong. >What's the point in postulating some additional >property to make them different? (I still need a shave, despite my fondness >for the Razor :) > The point is that it just might be true, which is far mor important than Occam's rather pitted and badly worn razor. -- Christopher D. Green christo@psych.toronto.edu Psychology Department cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
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Newsgroups: sci.cognitive Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!utcsri!psych.toronto.edu!christo From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) Subject: Re: John Searle Message-ID: <1992Dec18.000631.26201@psych.toronto.edu> Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto References: <1992Dec14.033936.11786@cs.su.oz.au> <1992Dec15.173641.17791@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Dec17.015705.630@cs.su.oz.au> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:06:31 GMT Lines: 24