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On 'Consciousness'
Eric at The Splintered Mind discussed few days ago the issue of defining consciousness. I left few comments on that post, but I will try here to expand on what I said there… When in math or logi… more »
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On 'Consciousness'
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 month ago: Eric at The Splintered Mind discussed few days ago the issue of defining consciousness. I left few c … more »
The Meaning of Few Different Words Within the Illusionary World
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 month ago: For the few past posts I was thinking/writing on the issue of how I could be a brain in a vat, to wh … more »
Doing Metaphysics In A Vat
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 month ago: Starting with the scenario from previous posts… A baby’s brain is put in a vat, and connecte … more »
Becoming Aware Through Illusion
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 month ago: I wrote about the following scenario in last post… A baby’s brain is put in a vat, and c … more »
Cartesian Externalism
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 month ago: I never saw anything contradictory with the idea that we might be subjects trapped in Matrix type sc … more »
Am I Missing Something?
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 5 months ago: As I’m thinking about the discussion of the previous post on concepts, I’m thinking that … more »
Further Thoughts on Concepts and Meaning of Common Nouns
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 5 months ago: Continuing from the previous post, I will use Putnam’s analysis from his 1970 paper ‘Is … more »
Are There Concepts?
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 5 months ago: I’m back from the short vacation, so it is time to write something new… I want here to e … more »
Language, Practices and Objective Reality
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 6 months ago: Baptizing (giving name to something) is a conscious act done by a conscious person or persons, where … more »
Proof That Other People Are Conscious
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 7 months ago: Something like this… 1. Person A can’t teach person B what word W means, if A doesn … more »
A Question About Epiphenomenalism
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 10 months ago: Say that epiphenomenalist accepts causal theory of reference.Then zombie philosopher in the zombie-w … more »
`Chair` And the Phenomenon of Chairs
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 10 months ago: I want to give another example how in discussing what words refer to, we don’t need to assume … more »
`Bachelor` And the Phenomenon of Bachelorhood
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 10 months ago: Instead of talking about ‘bachelor’ as an analytical concept, related to my ideas of how … more »
Baptizing and The Qua Problem
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 11 months ago: The “Qua Problem” In the causal theories of reference, ultimately the reference of some … more »
Scientist Mary and Causal Theories of Reference
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 11 months ago: I want to draw some connection between the Jackson’s Knowledge Argument and the causal theory … more »
Few Notes on Few Previous Posts
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 11 months ago: In previous posts, I was mostly writing on two issues. One is the issue of perception, and I tried … more »
More On Twin Earth and Change Of Meaning
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 year ago: In the post Phenomenology of Names and Twin Earth, I said that if one accepts the position that comm … more »
Phenomenology of Names And Twin Earth
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Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 year ago: One can give a name just to something one is aware of.One can become aware of different things - pla … more »
'Appears as a Red Ball' vs. 'Is a Red Ball'
Tanasije Gjorgoski wrote 1 year ago: In last few posts i was saying that different things can appear same, both because of the things the … more »
