Hi Krimel, David, Ian, It certainly is, but i was using it for a reason not found in the literature you cite here, and non that i am aware of?Ian: morality. The question i am asking is: 1. Would it be more moral to place organic brains in 'vats' in order to enhance consciousness and mystical experience? The question i do not feel to be relevant is: 2. What is the link between the senses and experience? (because i agree with David when he explains Pirsig's position regarding Quality.) If the answer to 1 is yes, then logically it would be a moral imperative to actually do it on an industrial scale.
squonk (2) The SciFi "brain in a vat" is a common philosophical device for studying the link between the senses and experience - Hofstadter / Dennett is my favourite example. Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
