Ok. Let’s take this in baby steps.
You wrote:
“Intimacy has to do with …knowing about the subjective experience of another
person.
I asked:
“But what is it to know the subjective experience of another ?”
Best to start there. I made the mistake of presupposing your
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the reply -- and sorry about the tooth.
I wasn't intending to re-open the question of subjective experience in
general -- and certainly not about whether we can be sure about
understanding someone else's. It just struck me that intimacy as I
understand that term depends on an
Hi, Russ,
You wrote:
Intimacy is … not about just about knowing something about someone that isn't
generally known, e.g., where the person went to elementary school or her
mother's maiden. Intimacy has to do with the kinds of things that are known, in
particular with knowing about the
Gill,
I believe it’s the case that you can go down to the Railyard and have all the
speed you want. If you are doing a large scale backup recovery from the web,
it might be worth the trip.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
Hi Nick,
Yes, I do, of course, remember this, but I keep on thinking that something is
being overlooked. Your writing seems fine to me --but I'll have to parse it and
think about it before I give a more thoughtful response.
Cheers, John
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John,
What I used to say, when you knew me back at Clark, is that MY consciousness
is the slice that is cut through the world by MY behavior. This is the New
Realist view, laid out by Holt in the early 20th century. A slightly
different way of saying this is that I am just (= am exactly, and
Trying to back up computer.
Wich is frankly painful to do over DSL. And that is exactly where this is
coming from-
Where is my CHEAP and FAST internet?
Why do I have to pick between DSL (can afford)
or Cox the self named ISP (can't afford)?
Where is the fiber to the home?
I am having a hard
Interesting. I like this definition that intimacy is defined in terms of
subjectivity, i.e., the sharing of one's (most private) subjective experiences
with another. Yes, there is a relationship between initimacy, privacy and
subjectivity. The more private details we share with someone, the
I think Russ is raising an important point.
It seems that Nick is saying that consciousness is something that is external.
But, assuming we accept that view, some of a person's consciousness may be out
there to only a small group of close friends. Could this be what is called
intimate
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