tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post3916102292302111164..comments2023-07-04T10:10:25.205-04:00Comments on Apologia: A Grateful PauseWilliam Lusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-34123784499730104852007-06-26T15:49:00.000-04:002007-06-26T15:49:00.000-04:00I can wait.I can wait.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-13659614830137949402007-06-26T09:21:00.000-04:002007-06-26T09:21:00.000-04:00In that case, it may be much later.In that case, it may be <I>much</I> later.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-4140911540320366392007-06-26T02:08:00.000-04:002007-06-26T02:08:00.000-04:00Well, since you've already made me laugh, it had b...Well, since you've already made me laugh, it had better be really witty.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-31849477624441678732007-06-25T23:06:00.000-04:002007-06-25T23:06:00.000-04:00[Witty comment to be named later. 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It used to amaze her. Nowadays she's more likely to conclude: "You haven't heard a word I just said." (I attribute it to the effort to suppress fantasies, which expends a great deal of present-time consciousness.)<BR/><BR/>Still, I'd like to read the book. Where can I find it?William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-37254883606677021902007-04-29T20:10:00.000-04:002007-04-29T20:10:00.000-04:00It's in gracefully written philosophese. (I've bee...It's in gracefully written philosophese. (I've been thinking all afternoon about how to answer that question honestly.) Tim's a better writer than I and makes sure everything we do is well-written, but it's still full of terminology and such that marks out the narrow audience, I have to admit.<BR/><BR/>How many present experiences can you have at one time? Perhaps it would be more helpful of me to say "facets of experience." I'm ot sure. But either way, I'd say quite a lot. If you just sort of "look around" in your consciousness, you'll find a lot of things there--aspects of your visual experience, simultaneous tactile experiences, verbal thoughts--all shaking around together. Of course, because you and I aren't Johnny Wideawake, we can't stop the film and be absolutely sure _all_ these things are going on at the same time, but we can be pretty sure, and we can bring several of them into present consciousness clearly and distinctly. I can, for example, sense the feeling of my fingers on the keys at the same time as the visual sensation of the screen in front of me at the same time as the meanings of the words I'm typing running through my head. _And_ there's a leftover smell of dinner (Italian porkchops) hanging over it all. You get the idea. Johnny can do _all_ of that, _and_ analyze all the inferential relations among the things he knows, without losing the "now." Sort of self-omniscient in a freeze-framed moment of time.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-44387985188624894352007-04-29T14:30:00.000-04:002007-04-29T14:30:00.000-04:00has all his present experiences before his mind si...<I>has all his present experiences before his mind simultaneously.</I> <BR/>How many present experiences can one have at one time? Or do you mean he has all his experiences before his mind as if they were in the present? Still, I think I'd like to read the book. Sounds like an idea C.S. Lewis might have come up with. Is it in plain English or philosophese?William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-27292789301162855662007-04-28T21:23:00.000-04:002007-04-28T21:23:00.000-04:00Happy birthday, and get totally well and wide awak...Happy birthday, and get totally well and wide awake soon, Bill.<BR/><BR/>(You won't believe this, but my husband and I actually have a "character" in our book called "Johnny Wideawake." He is omniscient about all his own thoughts and has all his present experiences before his mind simultaneously. Philosophy is _so_ exciting!)Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-41575129335312197952007-04-27T00:15:00.000-04:002007-04-27T00:15:00.000-04:00Thank you. Based on past experience, you remind me...Thank you. Based on past experience, you remind me of her.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-70230847385304330662007-04-26T10:15:00.000-04:002007-04-26T10:15:00.000-04:00Happy birthday to both of you!Happy birthday to both of you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-64918396230930945892007-04-25T23:37:00.000-04:002007-04-25T23:37:00.000-04:00Only if I take pictures in a timely fashion, TS.Or...Only if I take pictures in a timely fashion, TS.<BR/><BR/><I>Or better than others, as ours are.</I><BR/>Since she checks this place out now and then, I'm going to agree with that 100%.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-82561795524213252662007-04-25T19:01:00.000-04:002007-04-25T19:01:00.000-04:00Happy birthday to the both of you! Your story hits...Happy birthday to the both of you! Your story hits home. I've done the same as you, and my wife responded the same as yours. Women are all alike. Except when they're different. Or better than others, as ours are. (still reading Bill's blog honey?)Jeff Culbreathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718781624696784129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-64833028037794733012007-04-25T09:27:00.000-04:002007-04-25T09:27:00.000-04:00This is good news - now we can see your paintings ...This is good news - now we can see your paintings in a more timely fashion.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.com