I'd love to reply, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I can't see what you are doing right now. But assuming I could understand you, I do wonder how you grokked this beetle in a box argument. Did Wittgenstein dance like a bee to communicate it? — macrosoft
Yes! It's almost as if I have to break down the puzzle and reassemble it in my own way to be able to understand what you mean. What do you think about this 'breaking down "process"'? — Posty McPostface
No, "noesis" is indicative of illuminating light (originating from the sun) according to Plato. — Posty McPostface
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. -Goethe — Brianna Whitney
The world is the totality of facts, not things. What do "facts" mean to you? There's nothing dark or mysterious about 'facts' is there? — Posty McPostface
I'm deviating; but, are intents hidden from the sunlight? — Posty McPostface
f a behavioural solipsist were to come along and tell us s/he known intent inferred from behaviour, how could we prove s/he wrong? — Posty McPostface
So, what happens to concepts like "subjectivity", "pains", and "intentionality"? Do we just throw them away or are they indicative that logical behaviourism is not all-encompassing in describing the affective aspect of the mind? — Posty McPostface
we can only infer intent from behaviour, — Posty McPostface
there is nothing more to intent than the sum total of all behaviour displayed by any individual.
So, what happens to concepts like "subjectivity", "pains", and "intentionality"? — Posty McPostface
Yes! It's almost as if I have to break down the puzzle and reassemble it in my own way to be able to understand what you mean. — Posty McPostface
That does sound more like it. But why breaking down? Why not building up? — macrosoft
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