Quick definitions (sentience)
noun: the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or
undifferentiated consciousness
(Example: "Gave sentience to slugs and newts- Richard Eberhart")
noun: state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
noun: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
found 13 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word
sentience:
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sentience : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition
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sentience : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition [home,
info]
sentience : The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
sentience : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
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sentience : Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
sentience : Dictionary.com [home, info]
sentience : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
Sentience : Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
Sentience : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
sentience : Rhymezone [home, info]
Sentience : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
sentience : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
sentience : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
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People of sincere conscience can be found on all sides of these
concerns.
'The unexamined life is not worth living'
Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC)
at http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/24198.html
Please also enter the word consciousness at http://www.Google.com
-Terry Liberty Parker
see: 'Your Freedom and the Rigths of Others'
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/22990
--- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Define sentience as you see it.
>
> BWS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:19 pm
> Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Does ALL 'human' life also
have 'personhood'
>
> > You CLAIM that I'm denying facts. You CLAIM that a fetus has
human
> > life (Keep in mind, no sentience == no human life). You claim
> > this to
> > be a FACT.
> >
> > Prove it.
> >
> > Give me some proof, not just baseless assertions.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Thomas L. Knapp"
> > <thomaslknapp@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Quoth Paul Ireland:
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Here's your chance to show me what "proof" means to you Tom.
> > Since you
> > > think you can put down the solid logic I've used.
> > > ----
> > >
> > > So far, you've made occasional logical arguments, but on
unproven
> > > premises. Unless the premise is true, it doesn't really matter
how
> > > logical the arguments made upon it are.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Feel free to prove that a fetus has rights over and above those
> > of a
> > > brick.
> > > -----
> > >
> > > Why should I try to prove that? I've already stated quite
> > clearly that
> > > I have no intention of arguing any such point.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > I reject the notion that a fetus has human life.
> > > -----
> > >
> > > Your acceptance or rejection of facts is irrelevant to whether
> > or not
> > > those facts are facts. Since a fetus is "an unborn or unhatched
> > > vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main
> > > recognizable features of the mature animal," a human fetus that
> > hasn't> died has human life _by definition_.
> > >
> > > Tom Knapp
> > >
> >
> >
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