Re: could you be a brain in a vat?

[Edward Grefenstette <pha04eg@sheffield.ac.uk>]

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I found their argumentation to hold more water than the vats Putnam  
dreams of, to use David's imagery. However while I find Hillary  
Putnam's position is, as it is, hard to defend. The question of 'to  
what extent it is wrong' is what is philosophically interesting, in  
my opinion. Perhaps that's what we should be putting up for debate?

-- Edward.

On 12 Oct 2005, at 12/10/200515:40, Alice Evans wrote:

> ** For Your Eyes Only **
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> yes, that was their conclusion.
> i was wondering if anyone dissented from that opinion, both method  
> and final product
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