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Perhaps we're talking past each other. You seem to intend “matter” to mean “have an effect beyond persons's mental states” while I was reading it as pretty much the reverse. For me, things matter if someone cares about them, and if no one cares they don’t matter.
As for my pontification, you got me. I was trying to tell you to stop being …
Perhaps we're talking past each other. You seem to intend “matter” to mean “have an effect beyond persons's mental states” while I was reading it as pretty much the reverse. For me, things matter if someone cares about them, and if no one cares they don’t matter.
As for my pontification, you got me. I was trying to tell you to stop being so dismissive in a polite way. I fail both as philosopher and diplomat.