tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post113421164334312103..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: AAPC Summary: Part IRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1134430658650253052005-12-12T18:37:00.000-05:002005-12-12T18:37:00.000-05:00Hi Charles, nice to hear from you!Rad Geek - Yes, ...Hi Charles, nice to hear from you!<BR/><BR/>Rad Geek - Yes, I was thinking of it as a scopal difference like that. I haven't a clue what other people have talked about though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1134427467519122642005-12-12T17:44:00.000-05:002005-12-12T17:44:00.000-05:00Thanks Richard, you are too kind :) It was a pleas...Thanks Richard, you are too kind :) <BR/><BR/>It was a pleasure having three such erudite Canterbury philosophers stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1134406362941081422005-12-12T11:52:00.000-05:002005-12-12T11:52:00.000-05:00The difference is brought out by imagining a case ...<EM>The difference is brought out by imagining a case of memory manipulation. You have a false belief about the way things actually seemed at the time, but it nevertheless truly seems actual to you now.</EM><BR/><BR/>Well, you needn't invoke sci-fi memory manipulation; faulty memory happens all the time, in small ways. But isn't this just a case of distinguishing a difference in scope, rather than any kind of burly objective-subjective distinction? "It seems to me that I did in fact tell you 'Happy anniversary'" [= S(P(T(i,u, h)))] and "It did in fact seem to me that I told you 'Happy anniversary'" [= P(S(T(i, u, h)))] are just two different propositions on the face of it, because the scope of the past-tense qualifier is different. (Indeed, it's not hard to see how different the conditions for their appropriate use are.) I think pretty much everyone who's discussed the seeming infallibility of first-personal mental ascriptions has then limited it to first-personal present mental ascriptions, haven't they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com