ABSTRACT
Think about how we experience the world. In our everyday activities we move through the world without bumping into things. For example, I may see an attractive person walking towards me in a narrow hallway. I anticipate that there will be a point at which we will need to avoid bumping into each other; we seem capable of anticipating each other’s movements and we usually have no problem in smoothly passing each other by. At the same time I may be thinking that this person looks very familiar. Where have I seen her before? Yes, of course, I remember that she was at the philosophy lecture last night. As she has just now moved past me, I stop and turn around and say, ‘Hey, weren’t you at the philosophy lecture last night?’ She actually seems to understand my sentence, stops and answers, ‘Why do you want to know?’ I immediately start to wonder where this conversation will lead.
