[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[Hamilton Priday]

Craig --


 [Micah]:
> Are cars "aware" of each other?

[Craig]:
> Not as cars.  For a harder example:  does a photo-electric cell sense
> (= be aware of) light?  On the one hand, that what it's designed to do.
>  On the other, does it respond to light AS light?

[Micah]:
> Is a [photo-electric cell] "aware" of the difference between sunlight and
> a flashlight, if there was detectable difference in the light each 
> produced. ...

[Craig]:
> ...you could invent/design a photo-electric cell to react differently
> to sunlight than to a flashlight...

Once again I feel compelled to remind you that "behave", "detect", 
"respond", and "react" are objectively observed actions that do not connote 
or imply subjective "awareness".  Therefore, no matter how technically 
complete your explanation of such actions, it doesn't answer Micah's 
question.

-Ham