Where Conscious Subjectivity Is Concerned, There Is

The Reason That No Computer Program Can Ever Be A Mind Is Simply That A Computer Program Is Only Syntactical, And Minds Are More Than Syntactical. Minds Are Semantical, In The Sense That They Have More Than A Formal Structure, They Have A Content.

Where Consciousness Is Concerned, The Appearance Is The Reality.

The Assertion Fallacy Is The Fallacy Of Confusing The Conditions For The Performance Of The Speech Act Of Assertion With The Analysis Of The Meaning Of Particular Words Occurring In Certain Assertions.

Nowadays Nobody Bothers, And It Is Considered In Slightly Bad Taste To Even Raise The Question Of God's Existence. Matters Of Religion Are Like Matters Of Sexual Preference: They Are Not Discussed In Public, And Even The Abstract Questions Are Discussed Only By Bores.

Well, What Does "good" Mean Anyway? As Wittgenstein Suggested, "good," Like "game," Has A Family Of Meanings. Prominent Among Them Is This One: "meets The Criteria Or Standards Of Assessment Or Evaluation."