Commenters question whether the conclusion is actually counterintuitive
2 Sep 18 9:43 AM · 5d ago · 1 comment · 1 source · development 2 of 6
Early responses in the discussion note skepticism about the framing. One commenter argues the conclusion does not strike them as particularly counterintuitive as presented.
“The author frames this as "either accept this highly counterintuitive result, or take it as a reason to doubt materialism, or find a principled criterion that excludes entities like this" but honestly this doesn't really strike me as highly counterintuitive”
robinpieEric Schwitzgebel Philosophy paper author
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The author frames this as "either accept this highly counterintuitive result, or take it as a reason to doubt materialism, or find a principled criterion that excludes entities like this" but honestly this doesn't really strike me as highly counterintuitive
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