[lbo-talk] The Rights of Baby Boys

[ravi]

On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
> ravi wrote:
>>
>>
>> Meaning? They are liable to lie about the sensations they feel? (note
>> that we (at least I) are not talking about their psychological
>> experience -- which the second doctor shifts the argument into -- but
>> the physical one).
>
> In my view, that's a meaningless distinction.  All of our experiences
> are psychological.  (How could we be aware of any sensations that we  
> did
> not psychologically experience?)
>

I don't think its meaningless at all, even without reference to the  
point that all psychological experiences are "material" (i.e., physio- 
chemical). Logically speaking, while it may be true that experiences  
may be psychological, that does not prevent us from talking about  
their physiological component.

	--ravi