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To: TrevorSnowsrap

“Qualia” is a philosophical dodge used by lazy philosophers and yet it exists. I know because it has a definition.


48 posted on 09/20/2008 6:26:55 AM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: Soliton

““Qualia” is a philosophical dodge used by lazy philosophers and yet it exists.”

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here. In the phrase “yet it exists”, what “it” are you referring to? Oh, and it’s a perfectly valid term used to distinguish the epxerience of something vs. a physical description.

“I know because it has a definition.”

Uh, what do you supposedly “know” and what “it” are you referring to in the above statement?

It sounds like you don’t have an answer to my objection.


49 posted on 09/20/2008 6:33:38 AM PDT by TrevorSnowsrap
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