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Daniel Dennet has passed (Original Post) 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

Mark.b2

(807 posts)
1. Well, he now knows for sure if he was right all along or if he wasnt...
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 05:16 PM
Apr 2024

The nice thing about atheism is there will always be confirmation one way or the other.

Voltaire2

(15,377 posts)
3. no he doesn't.
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 06:04 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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