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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Mechanism and Determinism
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 07:16:23 EDT
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>> Why is there subjective
>>experience?  The best answer I can think of is that there must be subjective
>>experience in a world where we experience it.  If we were in a world were
>>there were none, then we wouldn't be asking the question. [Jim Balter]
>
>You didn't answer the question.  Why is there subjective experience in ANY
>world?  What is subjective experience, anyway? [Frank Adams]

     The Real within the Imaginary
     A keyboard crazed materialist
     Encounters an image on the screen
     Clearly he sees chemicals
     But they bear no resemblance
     Too bad, with a muddled head
     He tries to recognize his reflection!

     -adapted from Goi Koan by a Monk who lived on Mount To

-michael