Thanks. It's good to know. What about the summarizing that I mentioned --or just the disclosing-- of the tendencies you had in mind in creating this t...
Ego is not a philosophical but a psychological term. Most probably it has been created by Freud. In my opinion, it is a useless term. It has so many f...
(I had to look up "musings". :smile:) I don't think we can discuss this without going off thread! :grin: Anyway, I don't know if we are compelled to d...
I just wonder ... If you know that 'p' is true, why do you have also to believe it is true? What does "belief" add to it? Anyway, knowledge is stronge...
Exactly. Good point! So, we have a closed, self-referential system, about and from which no knowledge can be obtained. As far as we are concrened, it ...
This might be an interesting description for those who can follow this kind of symbolic logic. I can't. However, I have something to say about the sub...
You are right. I forgot about ancestors! Well, I tried to make the poster undestand the mistakes he did --in fact, almost everything in this OP has no...
You are rtight to say that. But see, usually, and in everyday life, esp. in personal relationships, criticism is viewed in a negative sense; mainly as...
Is the "non-human" part the only strange thing that hit you in this topic? :smile: Well, from what I indestood from his answer, he refers to animals (...
Thank you for the taking the time to post that long a reply. And here's my equally long reply. Please don't see it as criticism. I'm only looking for ...
I believe that you should give a definition or description of "shamanism", first thing, before anything else. So, I will do that for you, even if it's...
It helps, it helps a lot. :smile: Because it doesn't say anything about "absolute truth". That is, it doesn't follow that there is or there is no "abs...
Yes, I thought so! :smile: (I only tried to connect the subject of "concepts" with that of the topic, i.e. "absolute truths", before it goes out of si...
Exactly. Showing that something is relative, doesn't mean that there is no absolute. That's why I re-phrased the self-contradictory, self-refuting "Th...
That's an interesting and quite scientific viewpoint. (I'm not good though in Physics to judge.) So, according to this viewpoint, and if I undestood w...
Exactly. :ok: Yet, "certain" implies "absolutely". Otherwise, we would say "almost certain", which lies somewhere on the continuum that you mention. B...
Are you insinuating that this is a self-contradiction? Because it you do, you are right! :grin: (OK. I have already talked about that in two previous ...
Yes, I see this. And you did well. It is very interesting and something valuable to know! Yes, it does. Yes, unfortunately I have this habit, sticking...
Life forms (microbes) appeared in the Universe a billion of years ago. And from that primitive life animals and humans have been developed. In that se...
Certainly. Yes, I undestand what you mean. You could also call that an "absolute reality". But see, discussions like these, based on concepts like "tr...
Nice! Yet, the paradox I was referring to is a little more simple. It's a self-contradiction: The statement "There are no Absolute Truths" is used as ...
Right! You almost got it! :smile: It's a paradox. Or, a self-contradiction, if you prefer. Of the kind, "I'm lying" (Liar's paradox) :grin: Moreover, ...
Would I have claimed it otherwise? :grin: Right. You think. Isn't that subjective? An "absolute truth" --if it existed-- would be objective, wouldn't ...
Everything has parts. Even an atom, which in the old times was supposed to be indivisible. (Ancient Greek: a- (= not) + tomi (= cut).) Then, asking if...
What is "rubbish"? 1) The circularity in the definition (Re: "The mind is the set of faculties responsible for mental phenomena") ? Do you really can'...
I also like to use Wikipedia as a reference. But as it happens with dictionaries too, sometimes they give us circularity. Here, mind -> mental -> mind...
You missed it again. "At some point" is a descriptive expression, not an absolute or a name or a term, used for space and time. We are using it to ref...
What kind is this? My thinking is simple, rational and practical. I'm not lost in all kinds of concepts and quotes from various sources as it is usual...
I would rather say, "without a concept ot time, we cannot talk about 'time' at all; the word 'time' has no meaning". Without the concept of freedom, t...
No, Not at all simple for me. First of all, there's no main verb and therefore no main sentence. ("When" introduces a secondary sentence and "that is"...
Easy! (1) Is said to be a premise, not a rule. Then (2) calls it and treats it as a rule! So (2) is invalid or not applicable. Have you something more...
Right. This is about what I said. Time itself cannot be fragile; it's concept only can be. So, are you agreeing with that but just don't want to accep...
No! It's much much simpler than that. A living, eligible to vote, person has the option to vote or not. A dead person has no option at all. Regarding ...
I'm certain that you can think better than that. Even if I don't know you. So, think better about this invalid argument --maybe also check, if needed,...
Do you maybe mean "The fragility of the concepts of time and the unconscious"? Because neither time nor unconscious does actually exist to be fragile ...
Elections are almost always a confronation between the two strongest parties. Yet, I have mentioned about the effect of voting for smaller (lesst stro...
Suppose Alice is ahead of Bob by one vote. If I don't vote, and nothing changes until the end of the electoral race, Alice will win. Now, if I decide ...
Has my example been wasted? And imagine, I thought of deleting it, because the math is so simple and the reason too evident! The word "support" I ment...
No, I don't consider it a viable position. Here's why: At least in my country, abstention helps the stronger party. (E.g. if a party wins the election...
OK, we know about the "fuss" that the subject of NDE has produced and continues to produce. In reading this article, a question came to my mind: Well,...
Every game requires logic to a greater or lesser degree. "Four in a row" or "Four in a line" or "Connect Four" does not require more logic than averag...
Just a bit? :smile: It's one of these shallow and unfounded argumentation schemes one comes upon each now and then. In (1), Jesus could be much more t...
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