On 8/20/2014 3:49 PM, LizR wrote:
On 21 August 2014 04:55, John Clark <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Chambers believes that if philosophers can conceive of something then it
must be
logically possible, and Chambers can conceive of a smart zombie, but young
children
can conceive that 2+2 = 5.
And that objects cease to exist when hidden. There comes a point where children learn
about the "continuity of things" as it were. (Interesting that you should choose that
example of something that is imporssible in any universe...)
It's well known that 2+2=5...for very large values of 2.
Brent
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