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Old 07-08-2007, 07:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by athenian200 View Post
So, what you're saying is, thinking types actually feel real emotions, and don't simply express false ones out of a desire to learn more about people and/or acheive their goals? But how can you know that they haven't merely become so engrossed in such a goal, that they've actually convinced themselves that they feel emotions deeper than curiosity, a desire for efficiency, a drive towards their goals, and survival, when in reality they don't?
How do we know Feelers feel anything real? What is "feeling" anyway? It's a very complex category, isn't it?

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How can we really know that we or anyone else genuinely feel anything, and don't just believe that we do? That's the question.
This question is meaningless, from a rational point of view.

(That's not a criticism, I simply mean there is no way to answer it. It's like asking, "How do I know that you and everyone else in the world is not just a figment of my imagination, and I'm imagining this conversation and the rest of reality around me as we speak?" It can't be answered through any rational process.)
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