Nick_Tarleton comments on A Priori - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 09 October 2007 01:49:59AM 0 points [-]

logicnazi, if we can talk about our experiences, our experiences have a causal effect on the physical world. Assuming, as you do, causal closure (which is not known, but the most parsimonious hypothesis), this means that the idea of different experiences with the same physical state is indeed incoherent.