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To: Alamo-Girl

ping to self

As for knowledge and sensation, how do you know when you are having a sensation? Is there a sensation that you are having a sensation? And then a sensation that you are having a sensation about that sensation? And how does that become knowledge about that sensation?

Only our God-given spirit can make it intelligible...


313 posted on 04/07/2005 11:27:50 AM PDT by Ironfocus (Love, faith, honor, integrity, duty......)
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To: Ironfocus
Hmmm ... that's a very interesting thought experiement, Ironfocus! Thank you so much for your challenge!

Only our God-given spirit can make it intelligible...

Indeed. I would say that is true about everything.

362 posted on 04/07/2005 7:34:05 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl (Please donate monthly to Free Republic!)
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To: Ironfocus
As for knowledge and sensation, how do you know when you are having a sensation? Is there a sensation that you are having a sensation? And then a sensation that you are having a sensation about that sensation? And how does that become knowledge about that sensation?

Sure sounds like the quote from one of the Richard Feynman books...

Something like

I wonder why
I wonder why
I wonder why I wonder
I wonder why I wonder why
I wonder why I wonder

Or words to that effect...

Cheers!

379 posted on 04/07/2005 10:55:30 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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