From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 20:40:05 BST
Why do sense perceptions *require* continuity?
I think this is something Bergson explains
convincingly in his Matter and Memory.
The clue is in the word memory.
regards
David M
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From: "Paul Turner" <paul@turnerbc.co.uk>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: MD Plotinus, Pirsig and Wilber
> Hi Scott
>
> Scott said:
> I am pointing out that if we assume that our sense perceptions are
> caused by
> spatio-temporal things and events, and those spatio-temporal events are
> all
> that is real, then there couldn't be sense perceptions, since sense
> perceptions require continuity.
>
> Paul:
> Right, but the MOQ doesn't assume that sense perceptions are caused by
> spatio-temporal events nor does it assume spatio-temporal events are all
> that is real.
>
> Why do sense perceptions *require* continuity? For some reason, I am
> thinking about the arguments of the ancient Greeks about this, Zeno's
> paradox and such, although I forget the detail.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
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