-"5. Infinitely prior, and infinitely looped causality, all have one final question of causality that needs answering. "Why would it be that there exi...
-"I have concluded that the nature of existence necessitates a "first cause"." -First of all you should use abstract concepts to philosophize because ...
I agree and disagree in many points. -"On this forum, I've been struggling to separate "Metaphysics" from its "Supernatural" heritage in Western Relig...
-"This is an interpretation of the meaning of "metaphysics" I've never heard before. Based on the limited amount I have read, I don't find it very con...
No it doesn't mean "outside physics". That would be the term "???????????" or supernatural (beyond nature). The term Metaphysics from the Greek "????"...
" Which similar expressions you refer to? You think QM can be applied to sea waves or oil drops?" No I didn't say that. I said that similar phenomena ...
No worries,I only wanted to avoid strawmanning your position. Sure, we can even observe similar expressions in far larger physical structures (i.e. se...
in QM calculate and predict the mechanics of particles. We calculate different characteristics of the smallest packets of energy (quanta/the minimum a...
-"No. The statement goes like this, that QM theories are speculative which poses a danger to scientific activities. You live long enough in speculatio...
-"Well, if we find evidence that natural mechanism change over time - constants and laws - then they are challenged." -Yes this is the actual observat...
As I discussed with Bylaw, the main error we make is assuming "particles" in the quantum scale should display the same characteristics and properties ...
-"Sure, but the idea that laws are timeless and universal can be challenged. Which means they weren't necessarily wrong before, but the conclusion tha...
Many points to agree with and many that I find a bit off. All scientific laws are descriptive...this means that if they stop describing our observatio...
why are you confusing physicalism with science? The philosophical views of scientists are irrelevant to their work or their methods and standards of e...
Its easy to answer that question. Name one framework that isn't compatible with the principles of Methodological Naturalism and doesn't meet the stand...
You will need to define what you mean by "science". "Science" refers to 3 main aspects: 1. The Academic Establishment 2. The Set of Methodologies and ...
You are confusing Science with Economics and Politics. Any type of knowledge fuels our commercial practices, but that is not Science's intrinsic goal....
Here are simple example on the problem and its extensive implications. We have Consequentialism the main philosophical principle behind Secular Morali...
-"Well, I do not read bad philosophical articles." -You may not, but many do. Metaphysics specifically suffer by bad non naturalistic speculative fram...
-"I am not saying science is decaying, I am saying that, if we want to answer the question we have to come to terms with what we mean when we speak of...
Who said they are competitors? -"Philosophy and science aren't competitors. In philosophy we find avenues which in the end bear no fruit, but in scien...
-"Sorry, but it's not the philosophy's fault that there exist useless large volume of publications that are based on unfounded presuppositions. Just l...
However, I think it is a human condition. Hunting-gathering or anarchism or communism or whatever non-industiral-capital form won't change the conditi...
The best way to understand what work is within modern human societies is to check the Greek word. ???????=work ???????=slavery. the only difference is...
Science is not a just A methodology with a clear structure. I will agree that our interpretations of facts are based on logic and our Auxiliary Philos...
-"Or the final judgment is not a binary yes, no, true false. IOW we could decide that viruses are something in between a lifeform and not a lifeform. ...
-"Definition as navigational aid, not as destination. Meaning as destination. " Well definitions should be based on direct descriptions. Only then the...
No I don't misunderstand the methodology and quality of theoretical building in science. I just criticize the objectively low quality of logical stand...
-"The philosophers of science are the scientists themselves" -they are philosophers...but even if they are scientists...they are doing philosophy. -" ...
?ah...I don't think so. My remark was irrelevant to the OP. I will continue my discussion on it soon. You were asking definitions about the words I us...
Define=explain what you mean by that word. Definition= your explanation on what you mean by that word. This is the only definition we need to start a ...
well I guess this is the job of any interlocutor ...to provide the most suitable and clear definition in his attempt to remove any vagueness from the ...
-"Description can only go so far in providing for prediction. It used to be the case, that prediction was the means of validating the hypothesis (desc...
-"Problem Vagueness: Fuzziness of meaning " -I will be honest, I wasn't aware of it...I just searched it. https://www.fallacyfiles.org/vaguenes.html I...
I find your example really useful to explain my objections on how definitions are used. That said, I don't imply that your definitions are necessary w...
Only claims(premises) and arguments can be true or not true in our world. So a true claim is the one that is in agreement with current facts (describe...
-" How can a discussion about such things as God, reality, consciousness, truth, morality—or even unspecified subsets of ideological or philosophical ...
My first take on your post is that this is a two-bladed knife. As Mario Bunge points out in his book "Philosophy in Crisis." and his 10 criticisms of ...
-"Yes, I have now accepted that we should change our focus to the understanding of what science is about. Start with education." -We need to admit tha...
People understand different things when they talk about science. So I think we should first define the term and then identify what aspect of science i...
-"There is a difference between "publish" and "communicate." You play language games and I'm not interested. " -lol ok....... at your part of the worl...
-"There are many things wrong with American government, whatever you call it. I won't argue with that. When I say I am a supporter of democracy, I mea...
-"I don't need to assume reality is physical. I only have to assume it is consistent." -well it depends what you mean by physical. Physical, in scienc...
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