[Wittrs] Correction - Re: What would Wittgenstein have said?

  • From: "SWM" <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:19:16 -0000

Where I wrote: "though I think Dennett's effort is finally doomed by his 
attachment to the idea of first-personness" I should, of course, have written 
"Searle's effort". (I was too lazy to double check my words before hitting 
"send" so I guess that's what I get!

SWM



--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SWM" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:

><snip>

>
> Searle takes a more traditionally philosophic view with his formal argument 
> from the Chinese Room (even if it is deeply mistaken on my view) but his 
> approach, which does try to step out of the existing linguistic categories 
> and modes of classification, also seems to partake of Wittgenstein though I 
> think Dennett's effort is finally doomed by his attachment to the idea of 
> first-personness.
>

> <snip>

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