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> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Eubulides wrote:
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> > Actually that is what you and Carrol indirectly suggest with your
> > assertion that individuality is not an ontological referent. Tell that
to
> > the biochemists, biologists and other students of the life sciences.
And,
> > of course, nothing you have said is original either; we're all
> > manifestations of 'derived intentionality' exquisitely controlled by
the
> > iron cage of history and bureaucracy so let's just kill ourselves and
get
> > it over with.
>
> One question: why do you think that life without intentionality and
> individuality is worthless? (Hint: you didn't come up with the
> idea by yourself!)
>
> Miles
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Hey, I'm just making fun of the "no new thing under the sun" ontology of Woj and Carrol. If we are epistemic-emotive automata the worth/worthless binary is moot, no? And if you answer "not necessarily" then whence the absence of necessity? :-)
Ian