On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:53:19PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Wait a minute! They cannot call it a dilusion because "dilusion" > presupposes a state of affairs that IS -- i.e., a reality.
Yes, I would imagine that the people shouting illusion or delusion do assume some different sort of reality. That was mostly my point - the term is ill defined, and not of much practical use AFAICS, except for fueling endless philosophical debates like this one. > > N > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > Clark University ([email protected]) > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: russell standish <[email protected]> > > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > > Date: 9/18/2009 6:40:23 PM > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Faith and Science (was comm.) > > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:02:00PM -0700, Miles Parker wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure I understand -- why not simply start from experience and > > > awareness? > > > > Exactly. But then some people call that reality. Others call it > > delusion. > > > > Cheers > > > > -- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > > Mathematics > > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] > > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
