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Don
Reaction (Post)June 13, 2026 at 6:59 AM […]
Yes, a prolepsis is an experience, but not a process of thought.
The prolepseis are the direct experiences we have when we think of something.
Anybody who uses the words “god” or “water” or “minotaur” has a sense of what they are talking… -
Cassius
June 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM Replied to the thread Relationship between AI/LLMs and prolepsis.Post[…]
So Bryan correct me if I am wrong here but this is how the entire discussion of prolepsis refutes what Plato had taught about ideal forms/reincarnation.
It is an obvious point that you can never investigate, refute, or judge whether you are correct… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)June 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM […]
Yes, a prolepsis is an experience, but not a process of thought.
The prolepseis are the direct experiences we have when we think of something.
Anybody who uses the words “god” or “water” or “minotaur” has a sense of what they are talking… -
Bryan
June 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM Replied to the thread Relationship between AI/LLMs and prolepsis.Post[…]
Yes, a prolepsis is an experience, but not a process of thought.
The prolepseis are the direct experiences we have when we think of something.
Anybody who uses the words “god” or “water” or “minotaur” has a sense of what they are talking… -
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Cassius
June 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM Replied to the thread Relationship between AI/LLMs and prolepsis.Post"At first I thought, well he never experienced a god, so how could he say he knows of them from prolepsis."
This sounds to me as though you are not considering a prolepsis to be an experience. That's an issue we talk about regularly without much to work… -
Cassius
June 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM Replied to the thread Relationship between AI/LLMs and prolepsis.PostJust to be clear it looks like the outside box is you talking DaveT e, and not quoting Titus? I can fix that if you can't but I don't want to change it if indeed that outside box is somehow from Titus. -
DaveT
June 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM Replied to the thread Relationship between AI/LLMs and prolepsis.Post[…] -
Cassius
June 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM Replied to the thread Relationship between AI/LLMs and prolepsis.PostAlso Titus this chat exchange has me thinking about something that I think needs to be a focus of the forum in the future - and it's an aspect of prolepsis.
Taken separately, I think the data in the chat you presented is largely correct. As I said it's… -
Cassius
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