?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Message+is%3A+There+is+no+Medium&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel+C&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Sydney+Shoemaker+notes+that+my+%22avoidance+of+the+standard+philosophical+terminology+for+discussing+such+matters%22+often+creates+problems+for+me%3B+philosophers+have+a+hard+time+figuring+out+what+I+am+saying+and+what+I+am+denying.+My+refusal+to+play+ball+with+my+colleagues+is+deliberate%2C+of+course%2C+since+I+view+the+standard+philosophical+terminology+as+worse+than+useless--a+major+obstacle+to+progress+since+it+consists+of+so+many+errors+trapped+in+the+seductively+lucid+amber+of+tradition%3A+%22obvious+truths%22+that+are+simply+false%2C+broken-backed+distinctions%2C+and+other+cognitive+illusions.+I+want+to+shift+the+perspective+of+philosophy+of+mind%2C+and+for+that+task+using+the+standard+terminology+would+be+counterproductive.+Fortunately%2C+the+inevitable+communication-difficulties+my+policy+provokes+are+forced+into+the+open+by+occasions+such+as+this+constructive+confrontation%2C+permitting+me+to+clarify+my+shocking+message.+I+am+grateful+to+Shoemaker%2C+and+to+Michael+Tye%2C+Frank+Jackson+and+David+Rosenthal%2C+for+their+vigorous+and+sympathetic+reactions+to+my+book.&rft.date=1993&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F272%2F1%2Fmsgisno.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel+C++(1993)+The+Message+is%3A+There+is+no+Medium.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F272%2F