I agree that the Fred Hoyle style "spotlight" isn't needed, leads to an unnecessary external time and infinite regress, etc.
Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: Marchal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, 16 September 2001 4:46 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: FW: Conditional probability & continuity of consciousness > > > Charles Goodwin wrote: > > > >> From: Marchal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> > >> I mean the feeling of being spotted could perhaps be explained, and > >> certainly is in need for an explanation. > > > >You lost me with that last sentence, and just when I thought > I was doing > >so well. (I assume it has nothing to do with chicken > >pox...) > > > Jesse Mazer was proposing a collection of all observer-moment, but was > adding a sort of external spotlight going through that set for > justifying actuality. I was saying that that feeling of actuality is > build in in the observer-moment. No need of that spot, which would > have need an external absolute time (if I don't simplify to much > Jesse Mazer post). > > Bruno
