it seems that the body is simply a receptacle for consciousness — Sam26
Here I suspect we meet an impasse. I'd say you could distinguish one colour from another, but still did not know that one of them was red. Witness the Greek's "bronze sky", and the Himba seeing different colours to you or I. Language crystallises perception. — Banno
I'd say you could distinguish one colour from another, but still did not know that one of them was red." — Banno
I note that "red" isn't in quotes. What does this comment even mean? I could distinguish red from green, but not know they were different?
Probably the wand that gives it a humorous flair. :)
There are any number of oddities though.
When is this extra stuff installed?
What difference does it make?
What the heck is this extra stuff anyway? — jorndoe
I assume he meant it in the sense that I can distinguish one person from another but not know that one of them was your wife. — Michael
I'd go further and suggest that all objects of perception contain indistiguishable elements of the synthetic and analytic. — Hanover
I don't follow this distinction. If you can distinguish one person from the other, you must have an unspoken definition of person. The only distinction between the definition of person and wife is that the latter is more complex. Are you committing to some arbitrary delineation between simple and complex definitions? What is it? — Hanover
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