Is Matter Conscious?

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[–]FormosaOolong 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

What is it that makes the reflection of sunlight on the moon moonlight rather than sunlight?

[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Semantics.

[–]FormosaOolong 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And isn't it interesting the way that semantics interfere with direct perception of reality?

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Wittgenstein addresses this question specifically. In Paragraph 95 of one of his final works, “On Certainty,” he writes:

The propositions describing this world-picture might be part of a kind of mythology. And their role is like that of rules of a game; and the game can be learned purely practically, without learning any explicit rules.