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Re: Sum ergo cogito ? Symbolic situated-consciousness?Jesse S. Cook III (jcook@AWOD.COM)Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:00:14 -0400
>>>> I can understand from this that, suitably analyzed, "free will" is >>>> a relic of "folk psychology," but not "consciousness." Is there >>>> some real reason for linking them? >>>> >>>> (Cogent points, BTW) > >SKlein replied > >>>Can you make the 'suitable analysis' explicit? >>> >>>I sometimes tell my classes that, >>> >>> "People don't think- they just think they think." >>> >>>A decade ago, this was good for smiles all around. >>> >>>Now, to my dismay, it's taken seriously. > >To which JS Cook III > >>If you were to qualify that statement by adding "Some" at the beginning, I >>don't see why it shouldn't be taken seriously. Maybe the students of a decade >>ago took it literally and the students of today are supplying the missing >>qualifier. > > Alas, I am dismayed-- I thought I was answering your question. > >Cheers. > >Sheldon >sklein@cs.wisc.edu It wasn't my question. Did Mike Shupp ask it? Jesse S. Cook III E-Mail: jcook@awod.com Post Office Box 40984 or Charleston, SC 29485 USA 201-9573@mcimail.com "Our attitude toward others is not determined by who *they* are; it is determined by who *we* are."
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