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Comment author: Scott_Aaronson2 14 April 2008 04:23:46PM 4 points [-]

Now I'm curious about the historical question: is there any philosopher in the pre-quantum era who actually made Bob's argument? I don't doubt that if you asked the question, a philosopher might have responded much as Bob has. But did the question actually occur to anyone?