[MD] Seriously, Dan

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Krimel] > "Reality as I understand it" is a set of concepts I have acquired over the > course of a lifetime of "being in the world". 


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So is English "as you understand it, a set of concepts you have acquired over the course of a lifetime"?  Or is it words, sentences, grammer, etc.? 

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[Dan] > The warmth I feel on my skin isn't really warmth on my skin. I know
> intellectually that it's a mental representation of warmth on my skin
> that I'm feeling. Have you ever fallen asleep outside in the sun & woke up with a sunburn? 
Does this make you think there is something going on besides your experiences? 
Do you wonder why you don't get a sunburn every night while you sleep in your bed? I think you are both making things more difficult than they are. 
Craig