On Apr 27, 9:16 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/27/2012 12:00 PM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > On Apr 27, 7:13 pm, meekerdb<[email protected]> wrote: > > We never explained where the elan vital was or where it came > >> from. We just came up with a different kind of 'explanation'. > > And the EV is supposed to be analgous to qualia? But that paralell > > doens;t work. The EV is dismissable > > because there was never prima facie evidence for it. > > Then why was it widely believed to exist?...because somethings were alive and > other > seemingly identical things weren't.
And EV was an explanation for that, and it was supposed to be a hidden factor that caused it, not something open to view itself. > > However, qualia > > are prima facie evidence for everything > > else. I can;t just pretend that my pains don't hurt, etc. > > We don't pretend things aren't alive either. Oh sure. Moving around and breathing is PF evidence for life. But then the parallel is between qualia and life, not between qualia and EV. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" 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/everything-list?hl=en.
