Re: type writers and tooth aches II


"Curt Welch" <curt@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "JPL Verhey" <matterDELminds@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It was debated whether tooth aches are as physical as type writers.
>> According to Skinner they are. To my own surprise I found myself in
>> sudden and utter agreement with Skinner. What he once said, is indeed
>> entirely correct.
>>
>> What Skinner probably didn't realise when he said it though, is that
>> his
>> type writer is as much an experiential phenomenon as is his tooth
>> ache.
>> What matters, is that all experiential phenomena are of the same
>> "stuff" - the brain activity in his own skull.
>
> So you think Skinner didn't understand that the brain activity in our
> skull
> is what creates our experience? What on earth do you think he belived
> created it?

Btw..I am pretty sure that when Skinner talked about "physical" he meant
not-experiential. When he talked about his type writer he didn't mean
the experiential type writer in his head. But that was his mistake.
(though it is a mistake that many physicalists make)


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