On Dec 17, 7:11 pm, Sam Carana <[email protected]> wrote: > So there is actually no communication taking place at all? > > If that were true, then what is the meaning of the word communication?
Sure there's communication, just not literally moving through space like a substance. It just works in a different (opposite) way. Our senses aren't solipsistic simulations, they are our channels of concrete participation in our world. Communication is like a resonating of the semantic common ground between subjects. To the extent that we are the same, we can establish a common channel through which we can influence the kind of sense each other makes. It's like an invitation to dance rather than a projectile passively received. Think of seeing someone smile at you in the street and you smile back. There is not smile information flying though the air, the dynamic is a shared subjective sensorimotive experience. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
