From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 23:13:52 MDT
Charles writes (after quoting my *entire* post!)
> This discussion seems rooted in the mind/body dichotomy (apparently)
> introduced by Descartes.
> I recommend that you read "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" by Dennett. (It's a
> good book. I sure hope that it's the one I mean.) In this book Dennett
> talks about the illusion of the Cartesian theater, and of the illusion
> that there is an observer who sees what the mind is thinking. And about
> why it *must* be an illusion (to avoid infinite regress).
Yes, Darwin's Dangerous Ideas is one of my favorite books.
I have even told people that were I running a junior
college and a student proved to me (somehow) that he
had read and understood the whole thing, I'd award him
his degree on the spot.
That is an interesting idea, that Rafal, gts, and I could
be reworking the old duality argument but in different garb.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind.
Lee
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