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by stared 6 days ago
I read this article since it was referred to often in philosophy of mind, including by Daniel Dennett in "Consciousness Explained".

Yet... while I expected some deeper dive into Umwelts, I got (in my experience) a tautology around the word "be". Which, IMHO, should be tabooed in all serious philosophical discussion, as "be" is the mother of word-lockpicks. Vide E-Prime, English without "be", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime.

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Wanted to talk about it with Claude Fable 5... and it flagged the conversation (https://x.com/pmigdal/status/2064837039552409763).

Sure, cybersecurity and biology are dangerous topics. Turns out, so is philosophy of mind.

Those of us without twitter accounts can't see those links btw!
Bats
If you think you can outright reject one of the most famous arguments in philosophy of mind with a semantic quibble, you should think again.
I don't think you understood the paper, to be honest.
I'd love to respond, but I am shadowbanned.
Assuming you are planning to continue participating anyway, you should just respond. Presuming it's a good response, with a bit of luck someone will vouch for it and make it visible.
Try sending an email to their contact address (bottom of page). Unless there's a good reason your comments are being auto killed, they will fix it.