On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:48:38AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > So I will be franc. The problem of interaction is not solved at all, > even between third person describable objects. And the problem of > how many first person "really" exist is also an open problem, > although I tend more and more to believe that there is only one > first person: the universal person described by the arithmetical > hypostases. Although personal consciousness is not an illusion, > self-identity can be. But, please note that I am speculating here. > And there do exist some evidence that the numbers of person could be > at least two. That would be the case if the "whole truth" is a sort > of person. Very complex question. >
The arithmetical hypostases strike me being but a skeleton shared by all first persons - just like we share a common set of DNA (more 99%) that makes us human, but there is sufficient variation that makes each of us a unique human, even monozygotic twins. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
