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"Necessarily, experience occurs" cannot be coherently denied-any more than I can deny, "I exist." But unless psychicalism is true-which is just the question: is it true, or even can it be true?"Necessarily, something exists" does not imply "Necessarily, experience occurs."
Otherwise put: metaphysics in a strict sense does not include "Necessarily, experience occurs." Metaphysics in a broad sense, however, does include "Necessarily, experience--indeed, understanding, thoughtful experience-occurs."
20 July 2008