Identity (Identity)

by David Turell , Friday, August 28, 2009, 14:59 (5353 days ago) @ dhw

and that in turn comes down to whether you are or are not a materialist. (I'm aware that you are not, but when asked to lean, you tend to go in that direction.) "Subjectivity" is a dirty word in scientific contexts, but I would say that subjective experiences provide us with most of the realities that make life worth living.
> Subjective does not mean unreal or untrue ... and I know you're not saying it does ... but I recall in one of your earlier posts that you dismissed all "paranormal" experiences as fake......> I wrote that I was absolutely not prepared to dismiss people's personal experiences as possible evidence. Your reply suggests, in the nicest possible way, that you are.
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> I would add, though, that we're ALL subject to personal experiences we don't understand and can't analyse objectively, but because we're so used to them, we're largely unaware of them. That's the subject I'm trying to grapple with under this thread, but it's very difficult to articulate. - At Uncommon Descent, second entry today has an interesting article by William Lycan discussing materialism vs. Cartesian dualism that applies to the above discussion: www.uncommondescent.com . It is at the word SOURCE.