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In article <1992Jul29.152734.9663@news.eng.convex.com> 
cash@convex.com (Peter Cash) writes:

>In article <1992Jul29.022611.14276@husc3.harvard.edu>
>zeleny@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:

>>A question for all commonplace experts: what is the earliest occurrence of
>>this locution known to you? has it found significant representation in the
>>arts? in which languages and cultures does it occur? is there a religious
>>significance to it? has it been discussed in scholarly literature?

>Mikhail, I'm surprised at you! Don't you know that the real "you" is a
>little guy that lives in your head and looks out of your eyes? (Actually, I
>do think that a metaphysical picture like this underlies the
>"commonplace".)

Aside from the fact that this is singularly unhelpful, I believe that
homuncularism has currency in legitimate philosophical circles solely
as a strawman fabricated by unscrupulous antirepresentationalists.  I
hereby offer a token bounty in the amount of US $1 to the first person
who demonstrates an occurrence of the aforementioned "metaphysical
picture" in the writings of any bona fide philosopher who professes to
hold the homuncular view as described above.  No metaphors will be
accepted; this offer expires on July 30, 2002.

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>Peter Cash   |       (apologies to Ludwig Wittgenstein)      |cash@convex.com
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regards,
mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu