We are pattern seeking creatures and we project agency in nature. We get mad with a hammer when it banged our finger, we curse an agent called " luck"...
-"Naturalism takes the existence of this physical world for granted. So the scientific evidence for a specific "creation event" came as a shock. " -Tw...
These type of questions ignore basic facts about Science. Science's philosophical backbone is that of Methodological Naturalism.(MN). MN is not a worl...
To be more precise,do we have any epistemology for the existence of God? If not, then how one can ever have a meaningful conversation for its existenc...
? really don't get it. How superstitious beliefs or the rejection of them(atheism) can ever be part of a philosophical discussion outside of Sociology...
-"Meta means after, metaphysics is what comes after physics (in Aristotle's corpus). However, the subject matter of metaphysics is first principles of...
-"Please don't give up on your Grail Quest for a definitive definition of the "M" word. " -The definition of the word is already available to us. (And...
-"Philosophy begins with the abstract and moves toward the concrete. "Here is the question, now what is the answer?" -I will agree with Tom Both, scie...
-"Empiricism is fine, and I have a high respect for science, but your idea of what is "real" is a philosophical belief." -Science respects Objectivism...
Philosophy, as it is stated by the etymology of the world is the intellectual endeavor where thinking agents use current available knowledge and try t...
-"As far as I can tell, probability is the mathematics of possibiliity" -Correct. -" it's basically a numerical perspective on possibility." -its a nu...
Sure. If we are not able to calculate probabilities for a suggested possibility...then that suggestion is not verified as possible. Its just a made up...
I am only pointing out that "exploration of possibilities" is a clear cut endeavor. Either you already have an example of what is possible so you can ...
You really don't make any sense. You said:"The concept seems relevant but when you get down to actually computing/calculating the odds, you realize yo...
-"I found philosophy going against science sometimes which is odd to me and it got me thinking as in maybe is purely subjective now." -Well that is ps...
-"Isaac Newton stopped short of formulating a hypothesis." -Because he didn't have the data to do so. He only described mathematically a phenomenon. W...
-"First comes possibility, only then probability. " -Correct. But in you seem like to promote philosophical speculations on how probable a possibility...
but you don't address my critique. First of all you can not remove Theory from Science. Science is Natural philosophy....so like in all Philosophical ...
Science's theoretical frameworks based on Methodological Naturalism have enabled a run away success in epistemology for almost 500 years now. How by "...
First of all, I think you meant to talk about probabilities not possibilities. Establishing possibility is a straight forward process. We investigate ...
You can read all about his awarded study(methodologies and foundings) in his book which for academic reasons( I suppose) is available in PDF format al...
lol...Pointing to an work that was awarded by the Nobel comity is not a generalization or heuristics. Maybe you don't understand what a generalization...
Intuition is a heuristic that is used to make sense of a situation and inform our decisions or opinions. They are based on generalisations biases and ...
-"I don't see how philosophy means anything or is anything but stifling without a desire for an afterlife." -Again that is wishful thought and superst...
I really can't see how claims on superstition (god)and wishful thinking/death denying ideologies qualify as philosophy. Only from a Chronicling point ...
Gnosis(?????)means knowledge. Knowledge by definition is objective(in agreement with current objective facts). Personal claims are subjective thus the...
Natural is a phenomenon(process or entity) when its causal mechanism doesn't involve a thinking agent. Unnatural is the phenomenon when a thinking age...
Monotheism doesn't exist. Even in the most popular monotheistic religions there are more than one god in their dogmas.Great example Christianity..we h...
you can take an academic course or watch a lecture on the topic. There are free on youtube. In order to make any observation you need to crash bosons ...
What is reality to you? Reality is an abstract concept that includes everything we can objectively verify interacting with our existence and its quali...
I don't get what you mean. THe OP asks an A or B question. My objection is , why there isn't a C on that question. Is it because the question is a fal...
-"That's a practical way to think of Meta-Physics : as conjectures beyond current knowledge. And those projections from past evidence into unknown ter...
I am addressing the question in the OP. "The Question is: "Do You Believe In Fate or In Free-Will?"" It appeared strange to me to see an "A or B" set ...
-"Certainly. Cause and effect are measures of states over time based on interactive forces. A very simple and real world example is when you press you...
That is the definition of Metaphysics in Philosophy. The distorted versions used by many philosophers are nothing more than an attempt to expand the "...
Well wise can only be the statement( or the person who makes that statement) that is in agreement with our current epistemology and has the ability to...
You are right to object against those two assumptions. Their foundations are nothing more than a "Texas sharpshooter fallacy" or confirmation bias. Da...
-"Metaphysics is considered one of the four main branches of philosophy, along with epistemology, logic, and ethics. — Wikipedia" - Correct, it deals ...
-"OK, I gather this has nothing to do with peculiarly Greek usage" -How was your gathering performed? Did you research specific sources? Is it because...
No its basic knowledge on how specific terms are used in Philosophy. I have posted Carrier's talk on Philosophy and why it is useful contrary to many ...
The term Physics in the word refers to Physika (Metaphysika). Physika referred to the knowledge about Nature (Science). It is even defined in Aritstot...
The term Physics in the word refers to Physika (Metaphysika). Physika referred to the knowledge about Nature (Science). It is even defined in Aritstot...
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