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To: NonValueAdded

phenomenalism not phenomenology


38 posted on 04/27/2007 7:36:49 PM PDT by UnChained (Illegal immigrants aren't the problem. Liberalism is.)
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To: UnChained
But exactly ...

phenomenalism: "the view that all things, including human beings, consist simply of the aggregate of their observable, sensory qualities."

Doolittle: Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?
Bomb #20: Of course.
Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?
Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions.
Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist.
Doolittle: But how do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious.
Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?
Bomb #20: Hmmmm... well... I think, therefore I am.
Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know that anything else exists?
Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun.

Dark Star is exactly on point.

59 posted on 04/28/2007 6:11:00 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The arrogance of ignorance is astounding" NVA 4/22/07)
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