Hi Case If you can see Anthony Rudd's 'Expressing the World' for Heidegger and Wittgenstein's suggestions on this.
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Case" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?) > David M > Don't you find you have to assume other people are subjects too to get > along > with them? If not, I'd be surprised if you bother to answer as it won't > mean > alot to us objects! > > [Case] > I am not a solipsist. But I understand that it is a logically unassailable > position. This is what allows Micah to continue spouting inane one liners > without actually saying anything. My recent comments were more or less > along > the lines you suggest. But I do think it is mistaken to talk about > subject's > in the plural. > > Solipsism remains one of the unsolved problems of philosophy. I reject it > for pretty much the same reason as does anyone who thinks about it much. > That it is just doesn't matter. Whether I am a brain in a vat or an object > in the material world, I get hungry, if you cut me I bleed, if I get hit > with a hammer I scream obscenities. > > It is better to just go with the program than trying to reason your way > out > of the vat. In the past I have said I reject solipsism as an act of faith. > I > still think that sums it up. > > > > 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/ > 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/
