Well, Bill, there is no constraint on language that says it cannot be used to name or describe subjective events.

The fact that such events lack the solid commonality of which we are so fond in material systems in no wise lessons their actuality. Ask anyone who has had a clear out-of-body experience (such as Little Hawk's mom) whether it was really just metaphorical and you may find your teeth being pushed down your throat in rebuttal.

There is, I am sure, a set of subjective descriptions that might be fairly universal. For example "realization" describes a subjective event that everyone has been through even though the CONTENT of the realization is about as individual as possible. SO an interesting set of statements might be possible concerning "realizations" which would be true from person to person even though no two realizations are the same. An off the cuff example: "realizations make things seem clearer". But these are not universal in the way the statement "g=9.8 meters per second squared" is universal (on earth anyway).

This is an important distinction that often escapes hard-core jaded cynics and devoted materialists, as I am sure you know, being a student of philosophy.


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