Posted: Jul 07, 2010 8:47 pm
Cito di Pense wrote:nunnington wrote:Well, playing devil's advocate, sort of, if a spoon is a category of mind, so is my hand, so I can bend one part of my mind with another part. Hey ho.
You're almost there, nunnington. Almost to the place where you have more than one scheme (that of "mind") in your philosophy. Sophisticates would call you a "monist" at this point. You can do it. Now think of the situation where the spoon is not in your hand, and give us a discourse on different categories of existence, and you can turn yourself, presto! change-o! into a dualist.nunnington wrote:Well, you are quite charming really, aren't you, behind that gruff exterior. Any chance of a signed photo? Go on, you know you want to.
We could go on playing your schoolyard game until you grew tired of it. Fortunately, I'm not getting the impression you really wish to be taken seriously, which is quite appropriate under the circumstances.
Ah well, I don't trust you; and I'm probably frightened of you, so copious defences are quite appropriate, I think.