Re: Qualia Question

On 8 Jul 2005 09:17:13 -0700, "1Z" <peterdjones@xxxxxxxxx> in
comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Curt Welch wrote:
>> "1Z" <peterdjones@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Curt Welch wrote:

[. . .]

>> > > Mechanical to me just means physical matter interacting with other
>> > > physical matter.
>> >
>> > why don't you say 'physical' or 'material' then ?
>>
>> I do. How many times have I written "everything is physical" in these
>> threads already?
>>
>> You brought up the idea of "mechanical" when you wrote:
>>
>> "There is no reason to insist that everything has to
>> be explained mechanically."
>>
>> I only used the word in response to your comment.
>
>I only said that because of Lester Zick!

Sure, the devil made me do it! I seem to be responsible for every word
in the world anyone uses. You said it because you were trying to make
some point about "qualia". You don't know what the word means you
shouldn't use it to make points you don't understand about concepts
you don't understand.

Regards - Lester
.

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