Re: COMP is empty(?)

2011-10-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 Oct 2011, at 04:41, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 02:14:48PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: So the histories, we're agreed, are uncountable in number, but OMs (bundles of histories compatible with the here and now) are surely still countable. This is not obvious for

Re: Blindsight crushes absent qualia?

2011-10-24 Thread John Mikes
Sthatis, thanks for your inserted remarks. Here is a condensed copy of them to facilitate my reflection: --- *10-24 Stathis reply entries: = We may not know all the physics behind the brain but we know there must be some physics, even if undiscovered.

Re: Blindsight crushes absent qualia?

2011-10-24 Thread John Mikes
*I* *interjected some remarks just for keeping order on the list*.- *JM * On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: On Oct 23, 4:14 pm, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: *Craig,* ** *thanks for your explanation - B U T : let us accept the term

Re: Blindsight crushes absent qualia?

2011-10-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Are you seriously suggesting that I can talk about an actual event without there be a causal chain between the event and the sound that comes out of my mouth? You can talk about anything you want though. If I talk

Re: Blindsight crushes absent qualia?

2011-10-24 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Oct 24, 9:38 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Are you seriously suggesting that I can talk about an actual event without there be a causal chain between the event and the sound that comes out of