[Wittrs] Strawson on Experience and Experiencers
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:26:41 -0500
BruceD wrote:
>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>>What is the relationship between the experience and the experiencer?
>>an experiencer experiences experiences?
>>an experiencer has experiences?
>Which is to say, would you agree, that the relationship between the
>experiencer and what is experienced is not causal, but, let's say,
>instrumental (in the sense of it suits my purpose to take them to be)?
a lot depends on what you mean by '*what* is experienced'. suppose you
look at a red ball. would you say that you experience the physical
object that appears to you as a red ball; or, would you say that you
experience redness, roundness and so on?
Joe
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