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From: pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: The physical basis of consciousness
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In article <lpaDoFBHu.78C@netcom.com>, Pierre Asselin <lpa@netcom.com> wrote:
>azi@crl.com (Walter Raisanen) writes:
>
>>:   Of course, we are all aware (THAT word again) that eliminative
>>: materialsts have confused data and theory in their thesis that data is
>>: theory laden.
>
>>What could this possibly mean?  Data is data, it speaks for itself.
>>Theoreticians test theories with (guess what) data.
>
>You need some theory to get the data, e.g. to calibrate the
>instruments.
>
However, the calibration of instruments should not depend on the theory to be
tested. Then you can say that the data speaks for itself.
>-- 
>--Pierre Asselin, Westminster, Colorado
>  lpa@netcom.com
>  pa@verano.sba.ca.us

Andrzej
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