In message <4.1.19990104084240.07d2eb50@lucifer.com>, David McFadzean
<david@lucifer.com> writes
>At 08:50 AM 1/4/99 +0000, Robin Faichney wrote:
>
>>There is no *objective* truth to it. What truth there
>>is, is intersubjective.
>
>Can you answer a question like "Have you ever killed anyone?"?
>I know it depends on your interpretation of the meaning of
>the words, but let's be practical and assume for the moment
>that we understand the question.
Sorry, I don't agree either with this, or with what you just said to Richard. By far the biggest problem with consciousness is that we do not understand just what the word refers to -- so there's no way we can just assume we mean the same by it. Or at least not when we're tackling these issues directly. Asking whether a victim of an accident that just happened is conscious, is rather different.
-- Robin