[Platt] The same way I know that life is better than death. Of course, you may disagree. [Arlo] And how do you "know" this? [Platt] What is felt betterness an analogy of? [Arlo] "Felt betterness" is a conceptual analogy to describe a pre-intellectual (that's an analogy too) experience. As soon as you put it into words... analogy.