Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ariel.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!norm From: norm@ariel.UUCP (N.ANDREWS) Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: life is but a dream Message-ID: <482@ariel.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Oct-83 18:38:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ariel.482 Posted: Fri Oct 7 18:38:14 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Oct-83 09:18:09 EDT References: <690@ihuxr.UUCP> Organization: AT&T-ISL, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 5 re Michael Massimilla's idea (not original, of course) that consciousness and self-awareness are ILLUSIONS. Where did he get the concept of ILLUSION? The stolen concept fallacy strikes again! This fallacy is that of using a concept while denying its genetic roots... See back issues of the Objectivist for a discussion of this fallacy.... --Norm on ariel, Holmdel, N.J.