> What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? What I was
> saying is that human processing of information requires certain a
> priori expectations, which simply means that certain information is
> processed in a particular way while other is rejected - which can be
> easily demonstrated. If anything, this would be consistent with
> Quinn's critique of empiricism (i.e. that it makes assumptions that
> are neither empirical propositions nor tautologies as it requires of
> everyone else) if finding philosophical references were relevant for
> this discussion.
>
> Wojtek
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There's no such beast as a priori expectations.
And you're the one bandying the term "cognitive conservatism" about?
If you take the time to peruse the references I gave, you'd never bother using the term a priori again.
Sheesh,
Ian