Re: Reality again (was Re: Tautologies Then and Now)

From: Wolf Kirchmeir (wwolfkir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/09/04


Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 19:53:40 -0400

Roy Jose Lorr wrote:

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> Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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>>Roy Jose Lorr wrote:
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>>>Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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>>>>The senses don't "shape reality", the shape the data that's trnsmitted
>>>>to the rest of the CNS. Read up on how the retianl layer does this, for
>>>>example.
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>>>In other words, the senses don't filter, they merely sense what they sense.
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>>My comment used the word "shape" - why are you using the word "filter?"
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> Hmm... you did write... "The "primary defense between us and raw reality", if
> this phrase refers to anything, is the sensory system, which filters out a great
> deal of the data "out there"... did you not?

Sure, but that's not the sentence you commented on.



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