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To: Tares
No I wouldn't. Empiricism implies observation. I observe others exist.
313 posted on 12/04/2003 1:21:22 PM PST by Junior ("Brillig and the Slithy Toves" would be a great name for a band.)
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To: Junior
Empiricism implies observation. I observe others exist.

The use of the term "others" for your observations---do you observe "others", or are you generalizing your own internal experience of consciousness to your observations and coming up with "others exist"?

317 posted on 12/04/2003 1:33:30 PM PST by Tares
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