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Old 04-27-2008, 10:29 AM
David Bailey David Bailey is offline
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Paul,

Yes, but you can't reasonably call everything we are discussing, "A name given to particular brain process" singular or plural! Besides, it second guesses the question as to whether these things are purely brain processes!

If you can't define your terms without assuming all you want to prove, why accuse Ian of the same thing?

Really, your definitions are useless - they don't even distinguish between pain and contentment or joy!

All of which seems to justify my view that we should just use these terms with their full normal meaning (without a definition) and invent extra terms for anything else (such as the word 'qualia').

David
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