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From: dirk.bruere@gmail.com
Meltdarok wrote:
> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>> Tom wrote:
>>> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
>>> news:4m85i3F4vo18U5@individual.net...
>>>> Tom wrote:
>>>>> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
>>>>> news:4m7n5cF4k2t0U1@individual.net...
>>>>>> Tom wrote:
>>>>>>> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4m6irfF4ndiqU3@individual.net...
>>>>>>>> Tom wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in
>>>>>>>>> message news:4m63o9F4nk08U2@individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Or perhaps you can point me towards where 'meaning' resides
>>>>>>>>>> outside of self?
>>>>>>>>> This is linguistically inexpressible. Meaning is not confined
>>>>>>>>> to self, but language is.
>>>>>>>> 'Meaning' is an internal subjective state.
>>>>>>>> It has no objective existence.
>>>>>>> Neither does self.
>>>>>> 'Self' does have meaning as a physical locus.
>>>>> The boundaries of self are completely arbitrary and infinitely
>>>>> flexible.
>>>> Then next time you go to a dentist, refuse any anaesthetic.
>>>
>>> Pain is not a function of self. Pain is a function of the body.
>>
>> The quale of pain is a function of consciousness.
>> OTOH it is quite possible to claim that every manifestation of
>> thought, feeling etc is simply 'body' or even 'just chemical reactions
>> and electrical signals'
>>
>
> Like I said before-- how geocentric this view is.
As opposed to... what?
The illusion of infinity?
FFF
Dirk
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