penalty: Mirsky. Interference. (talking about the opponent's posting behavior or capacity) potential penalty: Mirsky: Dissing without showing. The infraction: "Here you just lapse into silliness." The format of the cure: "here your idea is silly because [state why]" Note that even if one does lapse into silliness, it isn't a topic of discussion here. Note also that the reply can only be something of a similar kind of thing. Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq. Assistant Professor Wright State University Redesigned Website: http://seanwilson.org SSRN papers: http://ssrn.com/author=596860 Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanwilsonorg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seanwilsonorg New Discussion Group: http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html ----- Original Message ---- From: swmaerske <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx> To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:44:07 PM Subject: [Wittrs] Re: Dennett's brain > --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "swmaerske" <SWMirsky@> wrote: > > But why did our brains starting talking about persons and > consciousness? Brains don't talk, persons do. But persons without brains don't, anymore than persons without the physical equipment necessary for talking do. > That devilish brain. Here you just lapse into silliness. WEB VIEW: http://tinyurl.com/ku7ga4 TODAY: http://alturl.com/whcf 3 DAYS: http://alturl.com/d9vz 1 WEEK: http://alturl.com/yeza GOOGLE: http://groups.google.com/group/Wittrs YAHOO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wittrs/ FREELIST: //www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs/09-2009
