--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gordon Swobe <wittrsamr@...> wrote: > > --- On Sun, 4/11/10, SWM <wittrsamr@...> wrote: > > >> You didn't answer my question, Stuart. > >> > >> Have you ever had a toothache, and did you consider it > >> real? > >> > > > > That's because it's irrelevant to the issue at hand. > > Moreover, you should already know the answer from everything > > I've already said here about Dennett's position -- and > > mine. > > I don't see my question as irrelevant. In any case why won't you give me a > straight answer to a simple question? > Because you already have it, many times. How many times have I said here that neither Dennett nor I deny that we have subjective experiences, i.e., that this is about how we account for them not whether we have them! Why do you think that doesn't cover the question of having toothaches or any other kinds of aches? > I assume you've had a toothache at some time in your life. Did you consider > it real? > > -gts > > See above for god's sake! SWM ========================================= Need Something? Check here: http://ludwig.squarespace.com/wittrslinks/