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Its specific to Philosophy and Science. Using Hypotheses is how we do Metaphysics. We hypothesize.
November 13, 2021 at 08:24
-"5. Infinitely prior, and infinitely looped causality, all have one final question of causality that needs answering. "Why would it be that there exi...
November 13, 2021 at 07:59
-"I have concluded that the nature of existence necessitates a "first cause"." -First of all you should use abstract concepts to philosophize because ...
November 13, 2021 at 07:45
I agree and disagree in many points. -"On this forum, I've been struggling to separate "Metaphysics" from its "Supernatural" heritage in Western Relig...
November 13, 2021 at 07:10
-"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...
November 13, 2021 at 06:33
No it doesn't mean "outside physics". That would be the term "???????????" or supernatural (beyond nature). The term Metaphysics from the Greek "????"...
November 12, 2021 at 21:22
" 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 ...
October 23, 2021 at 19:13
those described by Quantum Mechanics The following article of Britannica it mentions more of the properties we can measure.
October 23, 2021 at 18:58
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...
October 21, 2021 at 11:54
Involved in what?
October 21, 2021 at 07:54
in QM calculate and predict the mechanics of particles. We calculate different characteristics of the smallest packets of energy (quanta/the minimum a...
October 21, 2021 at 06:22
-"No. The statement goes like this, that QM theories are speculative which poses a danger to scientific activities. You live long enough in speculatio...
October 20, 2021 at 23:35
-"Well, if we find evidence that natural mechanism change over time - constants and laws - then they are challenged." -Yes this is the actual observat...
October 20, 2021 at 18:44
As I discussed with Bylaw, the main error we make is assuming "particles" in the quantum scale should display the same characteristics and properties ...
October 20, 2021 at 07:22
Does it really do that? What is the actual observation that manages that blow to causality?
October 19, 2021 at 22:25
-"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...
October 19, 2021 at 19:16
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...
October 19, 2021 at 10:06
why are you confusing physicalism with science? The philosophical views of scientists are irrelevant to their work or their methods and standards of e...
October 19, 2021 at 09:24
how those standards are challenged? How does "Duality" challenge the scientific standards of evaluation?
October 19, 2021 at 06:38
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...
October 19, 2021 at 00:30
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 ...
October 14, 2021 at 11:19
You are confusing Science with Economics and Politics. Any type of knowledge fuels our commercial practices, but that is not Science's intrinsic goal....
October 14, 2021 at 07:21
Here are simple example on the problem and its extensive implications. We have Consequentialism the main philosophical principle behind Secular Morali...
October 12, 2021 at 10:54
-"Well, I do not read bad philosophical articles." -You may not, but many do. Metaphysics specifically suffer by bad non naturalistic speculative fram...
October 12, 2021 at 10:19
-"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...
October 11, 2021 at 22:41
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...
October 11, 2021 at 18:58
-"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...
October 11, 2021 at 12:25
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...
October 10, 2021 at 16:03
The best way to understand what work is within modern human societies is to check the Greek word. ???????=work ???????=slavery. the only difference is...
October 09, 2021 at 16:18
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...
October 07, 2021 at 19:03
-"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. ...
October 07, 2021 at 18:48
-"Definition as navigational aid, not as destination. Meaning as destination. " Well definitions should be based on direct descriptions. Only then the...
October 07, 2021 at 12:14
No I don't misunderstand the methodology and quality of theoretical building in science. I just criticize the objectively low quality of logical stand...
October 07, 2021 at 09:35
So we don't have the facts to make a final judgment!
October 06, 2021 at 21:14
-"The philosophers of science are the scientists themselves" -they are philosophers...but even if they are scientists...they are doing philosophy. -" ...
October 06, 2021 at 20:43
?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...
October 04, 2021 at 20:03
if you explain the meaning of the term......cynicism
October 04, 2021 at 18:05
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 ...
October 04, 2021 at 14:15
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 ...
October 04, 2021 at 12:16
-"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...
October 04, 2021 at 12:09
-"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...
October 04, 2021 at 11:42
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...
October 04, 2021 at 11:28
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...
October 04, 2021 at 10:51
-" How can a discussion about such things as God, reality, consciousness, truth, morality—or even unspecified subsets of ideological or philosophical ...
October 04, 2021 at 09:20
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 ...
October 04, 2021 at 09:10
-"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...
October 04, 2021 at 08:11
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...
October 03, 2021 at 17:06
-"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...
October 03, 2021 at 15:06
-"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...
October 03, 2021 at 13:38
-"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...
October 03, 2021 at 13:32