[Wittrs] Strawson on Experience and Experiencers
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:31:31 -0500
Cayuse wrote:
>>>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>>>unless you can show that there is experience that is unexperienced
>>>>by anything at all, experience implies an experiencer.
>>Cayuse replied:
>>>I can't even show that there is experience, let alone qualify that
>>>experience, and neither can you. Your conclusion is therefore in
>>>error.
>Joseph Polanik replied:
>>you've previously admitted that there is experiencing; in particular,
>>experiencing an afterimage. are you revising your position? if so,
>>how?
Cayuse replied:
>There's no "admission" to make -- that there is conscious experience
>is not open to question. It is the logical argument that "there is
>experience, therefore there is an experiencer" that is questionable.
unless you can show that there is experience that is unexperienced by
anything at all, you have no basis for denying that experience implies
an experiencer.
Joe
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