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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: MUST Philosopy be a Waste of Time?
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Date: 12 Feb 92 07:53:58 GMT
References: <1992Feb6.235813.4188@smsc.sony.com> <1992Feb10.194056.14002@norton.com>
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In article <1992Feb10.194056.14002@norton.com> brian@norton.com (Brian Yoder) writes:
>markc@smsc.sony.com (Mark Corscadden) writes:
 >> On the other hand, I spend much free time thinking about red and blue
 >> lights over beds containing identical people and similar things because
 >> I *enjoy* it.  I find it challenging and enlightening to think through
 >> such situations.  I make a large effort to think correctly and clearly
 >> about such things, and take that effort seriously.  That's enough for me
 >> to take the discussion and the results seriously, too.
 >
 >So you really think how much pleasure thinking a thought brings you (pleasure
 >in a "Gee I solved this puzzle!" sense) is the measure of how serious or
 >important the result is?  Perhaps you could explain how you came to such an 
 >amazing conclusion.

As far as I can see, Mark Corscadden does not put forth any conclusion about
what is important or not (he doesn't even mention that word), and regarding
seriousness, I think there is a difference between taking something seriously
and an absolute measure of seriousness. You are being careless with your way
of arguing.

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