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From: jwa...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jimmy -Jimbo- Wales)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 19:54:46 GMT
Local: Tues, Jan 11 1994 2:54 pm
Subject: Re: Kelley vs. epiphenomenalism
Jay Allen writes: Take your time. I'll be here when you are ready. >That quick comment of mine was all too brief to stand on its own, so I >will reply in length when I have the time. >A quick comment: How can you say that the Marxist professor doesn't put I don't say that the Marxist professor doesn't put his ideas into >his ideas into action? It is through his academic work--and through the >work of his minions who spread Marxism throughout the culture--that peopl >like Stalin come to exist? action. I merely claim that 'academic work', i.e. the attempt to persuade people through argument, is not the same thing as mass murder. The people to whom the Marxist preaches are always free to focus on reality and reject his ideas; the people whom Stalin murdered had thier rights violated in the most horrible way possible. These are both instances of evil. But they are different. Keep >I would also like to add that Jombo's essay seems to deny the existence of Slow down, sparky. I do not deny the existence of the subconscious. >the subconscious. Are you saying, Jimbo, that someone who does not choose >to focus on an idea will not be motivated to act on it? I am NOT saying that someone who does not choose to focus on an idea will not be motivated to act on it. Go back and read Binswanger's essay on this point. I am in full agreement with him. The person who chooses a philosophy which encourages the avoidance of focus (e.g., Christianity) will feel psychological pressure to not focus. --Jimbo p.s. I think it is clear that Allen is grasping at straws. Be a You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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