Half the world thinks causality is a construct of pure reason, half the world thinks causality is an intrinsic property or attribute of Nature thus “existed long before we became aware of it”. — Mww
Half the world thinks causality is a construct of pure reason, half the world thinks causality is an intrinsic property or attribute of Nature thus “existed long before we became aware of it”.
Chalk me up in Column 1. — Mww
Of course this knowledge requires prior experience and phenomenological examination of that experience in order to discover what the general common attributes of all experiences are. — Janus
So, science makes predictions that work - no contest there. But that can be accomodated in terms of instrumentalism, without presuming anything about what 'actually exists in reality'. So, I'd just be mindful of the implications of presuming 'what exists' on that basis. There are still many open questions. — Wayfarer
And yet a human without language - and thus without reason - can and does learn that touching fire causes pain. [...] No language required. — creativesoul
It's the other wait around.So I think language, in some sense, is required for memory to work. :chin: — Pattern-chaser
words are just sounds and scribbles — Harry Hindu
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