“Contemporary philosophers have exercised themselves with the problem of our knowledge of other minds. Enmeshed in the dogma of the ghost in the machine, they have found it impossible to discover any logically satisfactory evidence warranting one person in believing that there exist minds other than his own. I can witness what your body does, but I cannot witness what your mind does, and my pretensions to infer from what your body does to what your mind does all collapse, since the premises for such inferences are either inadequate or unknowable.” MindBelievePersonsDoeI CanProblemBodyFoundImpossibleEvidenceMachinesPhilosopherYour BodyGhostContemporaryWitnessCollapseDogmaPremisesInadequatePretensionInference Book:The Concept of Mind Source: The Concept of Mind
“"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred kilometers away" or "Last body part finally located".” WantTwoBodyLastsSoundHundredGunPoliceLocalsWitnessEpitaphRecluse Author:James Nicoll
“Change no one. Change nothing. React to no one, react to nothing. Do not live in the past and do not, worry about the future. Stay in the eternal now, where all is well. After all you are me and I am you. There's no difference. Do not react to the world. Do not even react to your own body. Do not even react to your own thoughts. Learn to become the witness. Learn to be quiet.” WorldWellsBodyPastChangeDifferencesWorryLearningFutureQuietEternalWitnessStillness Author:Robert Adams