Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:54:45 +0100
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: A more (?)
In-Reply-To: <81e71268.243cb800@aol.com>
In message <81e71268.243cb800@aol.com>, MemeLab@aol.com writes
>In a message dated 4/7/99 6:51:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
>robin@faichney.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>>> To sum up: Blackmore is right in that "the self" is not ultimately real,
> but then nothing else is either. Jake is right that it remains a highly
> useful concept, at least, and perhaps an indispensable one. There is no
> necessary conflict there.
> --
> Robin Faichney <<
>
>Only if I agree that nothing is real.
>
>I know that some people think it would be so nice if everybody could be right.
>
>I personally don't worry myself with such wishes.
Can't you grasp the distinction between ultimate reality and pragmatic
realism? Hint: I did *not* say that nothing is real.
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