Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:50:00 -0500

Allan C Cybulskie wrote:

> So you assume that without any previous concepts, we can understand an
> unfiltered sensory stream? That we can derive the idea that things are
> different from a sensory stream when we have no idea what it means for
> something to be different?

Our first "concepts" are wired-in responses to stimuli.

First comes the firmware, then comes the software.

Bob Kolker

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