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Re: John Searle

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From: Christopher Green
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:
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>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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Subject: Re: John Searle
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