[Wittrs] Re: What Is Ontological Dualism?
- From: "SWM" <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:15:09 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gordon Swobe <wittrsamr@...> wrote:
> --- On Sun, 4/11/10, SWM <wittrsamr@...> wrote:
>
> >> Right. Searle starts with the simple observation that
> >> people have subjective, qualitative experiences. When he
> >> asserts the ontological irreducibility of these mental
> >> phenomena,
> >
> > THAT is dualism.
>
> Do you have toothaches, and do you consider them real? If yes then you can
> call yourself a dualist too, as you (mis)define the word.
>
> -gts
Explaining the occurrence of subjective experiences in physical terms is not
dualism. You mistake the explicit recognition of subjective experience with
dualism which is about how we account for its presence in the universe.
SWM
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