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Nick Thompson on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-comm-was-Re-FW-Re-Emergence-Seminar-BritishEmergence-tp3654051p3668780.html
Oh. Sorry. I got confused which side you are on. so you agree that
Idealism is incoherent.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (
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http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> [Original Message]
> From: russell standish <
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> To: <
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> Date: 9/18/2009 7:46:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Faith and Science (was comm.)
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:53:19PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
> > Wait a minute! They cannot call it a dilusion because "dilusion"
> > presupposes a state of affairs that IS -- i.e., a reality.
>
> Yes, I would imagine that the people shouting illusion or delusion do
assume
> some different sort of reality. That was mostly my point - the term is
> ill defined, and not of much practical use AFAICS, except for fueling
> endless philosophical debates like this one.
>
> >
> > N
> >
> > Nicholas S. Thompson
> > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
> > Clark University (
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> >
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: russell standish <
[hidden email]>
> > > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
<
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> > > Date: 9/18/2009 6:40:23 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Faith and Science (was comm.)
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:02:00PM -0700, Miles Parker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure I understand -- why not simply start from experience
and
> > > > awareness?
> > >
> > > Exactly. But then some people call that reality. Others call it
> > > delusion.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
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