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Atheists & Agnostics

Voltaire2

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3. no he doesn't.

Reply to Mark.b2 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 19, 2024, 05:04 PM

Apr 2024

Death is oblivion, not a state of consciousness. If Dennet was correct, as he almost certainly was, there is no Dennet to know if he was right. If Dennet is wrong then he can only know that he was wrong.

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Daniel Dennet has passed [View all] hurl Apr 2024 OP

Well, he now knows for sure if he was right all along or if he wasnt... Mark.b2 Apr 2024 #1

He doesn't know anything JoseBalow Apr 2024 #2

no he doesn't. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #3