[nominalism] Who is Claiming that the Senses don’t Exist?
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In a message dated 27/10/2008 _Bernx at aol.com_ (mailto:Bernx@aol.com) writes:
Jud:
(earlier)
The question for you to answer therefore remains: Do you believe that *the
senses* actually exist as supplementary, *mental components or features*
which in addition to the ontic sensors add to, or improve, or are essential for
the capability of the feeling human entity to sense its internal processes and
external environment?
Bernard responds:
Jud, you are confusing “feeling” with “sensation” and making the Goethean
qua Faust generality that gefhul ist alles. “Feeling” is a rational function
whereas “sensation” is irrational for the simple reason that it is the
perception part of the autonomic nervous system: as the function of its involuntary
and autonomous response.
Jud:
Bernard me’ aould potato! Joe and I are discussing the question of *qualia*
- that is whether rumbles in the tummy, the whining in the ears, the smell
of crap exists or not.
I reject qualia, feelings, sensation - the whole mentalised trannie
con-package. It matters not what thou call’st it - in this case
*A rose by any other name does NOT not smell as sweet*
for smell does not exist. Only the oily pheromones that insinuate
themselves up the conk-holes and the beconked sniffer exists.
BTW I welcome your sudden conversion to eliminativism BTW. You are the
first on this list to agree and confirm that sensation is an irrational concept
and that it is a part of the autonomic nervous system rather than some
pathetic reificative construct of some deluded trannie.
Bernado:
Pinch your wife and she will say “ouch” and then perhaps wack you one that
will bring on a sensation response whether you choose it or not. You may then
either kiss her or go hide in the closet of undocumented sensations which
never cease so long as you are among the living.
Jud:
Hahaha! I would probably drag her into the cupboard with me old son.
See you ashore later!
Jud
