[lit-ideas] Re: The Donalling of Donal
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 06 Oct 2004 10:26:36 PDT
Donal=20writes:
To=20be=20clear=20and=20I=20not=20saying=20we=20are=20not=20at=
=20all=20what=20we=20do,=20just=20that=20we=20are
not=20merely=20what=20we=20do.=20Our=20selfhood=20and=
=20dispositional=20range=20are=20not=20reducible
to=20our=20actions:=20a=20self=20is=20not=20a=20mere=20'doing'=
=20and=20neither=20is=20a=20disposition.
Not=20everything=20that=20exists=20is=20a=20'doing'.
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Donal=20will=20be=20disconcerted=20to=20hear=20that=20I=20agree=
=20with=20him=20almost=20completely.=20What=20could=20it=20mean=
=20to=20say=20that=20I=20am=20what=20I=20do,=20in=20light=20of=
=20the=20conceptual=20truth=20that=20I=20am=20not=20my=20own=
=20actions=20(beliefs,=20emotions,=20etc.)=20but=20the=20one=20who=
=20does=20and=20has=20them?=20There=20are=20no=20metaphysical=
=20bundles=20of=20agentless=20'doings.'=20If=20something=20else=
=20is=20meant=20by=20the=20formula=20=20'x=20is=20(essentially?)=
=20what=20x=20does,'=20I'm=20not=20clear=20what=20it=20is.
I=20think=20though=20that=20although=20dispositions=20are=20not=
=20reducible=20to=20actions,=20there's=20no=20way=20to=20attribute=
=20dispositions=20to=20a=20person=20or=20a=20thing=20unless=20that=
=20person=20(typically?)=20does=20the=20things=20he=20or=20it=20is=
=20alleged=20to=20have=20dispositions=20to=20do.=20Dispositional=
=20accounts=20usually=20trail=20off=20into=20circularity,=20Ryle=
=20to=20the=20contrary.=20That=20'Ryle=20to=20the=20contrary'=
=20may,=20I=20hope,=20get=20me=20off=20Donal's=20little=20list=
=20for=20about=20five=20minutes.
Robert=20Paul
Under=20the=20Volcano
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