Re: Dualism

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From: Jeff Dalton
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:41

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In article <OZ.92Oct15133905@ursa.sis.yorku.ca> oz@ursa.sis.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes:

>Jeff, really, have we not had enough of this "conspiracy theory of
>the philosophy of mind" bit of yours

Why would there have to be a _conspiracy_?  People who have similar
views don't have to _conspire_ in order to argue on the same side of
an issue.

>oz
>---
>... it isn't always necessary to have as your aim the winning of
>arguments (by one side or another).  A sometimes more reasonable
>aim is to obtain information. -- Jeff Dalton

Good quote!

-- jd

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