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Subject: Re: Relevant text - Fri, 22 Dec 1995 11:50:27 -0500
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 11:50:27 -0500
From: Christopher G Caruso <ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu>
Posted-Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 11:46:11 -0500
Subject: Re: Relevant text
To: orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
Sender: owner-orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
ToddT8@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 95-12-17 19:56:31 EST, you write:
>
> >"Simple consideration says: Man cannot feel or phantasy anything which does
> >not actually exist in one form or another. For human perceptions are nothing
>
> >but a function of objective natural processes within the organism.
>
> I really cannot buy into this statement. I agree that reality is subjective
> and therefore if something is experienced by someone it is their reality, but
> to talk about it 'existing' is a bit of a stretch. By this logic there
> 'exists' a God and a Devil and Santa Claus and a Tooth Fairy and an Easter
> Bunny etc. Granted, these concepts do exist in some imaginations, but again
> we get into subjective realities.
Your analogy doesn't quite hold. Reich did not say that every idea must
have an objective referent. He said that every sensation has a cause.
Two different things.
--
Chris Caruso
ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu Check out: http://www.mcs.com/~jdav/league.html
Philadelphia, PA USA http://www.igc.org/fair/
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