[Wittrs] Dualism Cooties: Ontologically Basic Ambiguity: Mode of Existence
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:54:16 -0400
SWM wrote:
>You are simply assuming that the fact that there are different modes of
>existence, different aspects of things in the universe, is proof that
>there are different ontological basics. But that is the question, not
>the answer.
Searle is implicitly using 'existent' as his root predicate; meaning,
that whatever is is an existent of some sort, or that whatever is exists
in some sense.
consequently, saying that an afterimage has an experiencer dependent
mode of existence and that a stone has an experiencer independent mode
of existence *does* indicate that experience/consciousness and brain are
ontological basics having different modes of existence.
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