Nickolasgaspar

-"I think the only way democracy is a failure is if you redefine "failure" as success." -No, success should always be evaluated by the goals we set. T...

-I still do not find an argument. And I call you out on usage. You go from laws to "rules", then from "rules" to rules. -OUr laws are official rules o...

-It depends from the standards we use to define failure and success. MY standards are always high and I consider failure when a system doesn't meet it...

-"Never mind. To me you are just making assertions based on a belief in science." -on a belief in science??? what belief is that? My "assertions" are ...

-"Is this a metaphysical claim, or an empirical claim?" -Its a description. Matter that "organizes" in to structures displays mental, energetic or phy...

-"You are the one who is refusing to participate in this discussion under the standard meanings of the words we have been using. If you're going to ch...

-"I'm not arguing against your position. As I've said, you are trying to participate in a different discussion than I am. For me, this is not the plac...

-"That's not the way language works. Words "drift from the meaning and etymology of the word" all the time. You may not like it, but "democracy" means...

Let me clarify my position. As a Greek speaking citizen, those words have a specific agreed meaning and the Political system they describe specific pr...

-"Simple majority rule is not "the main premise of the system." -Correct. The current political systems that are "self-declared" as Democratic piss on...

-"As I noted before, your usage of the word "democracy" is not consistent with its currently accepted meaning or its meaning when the Constitution was...

-"Here are a some definitions of "democracy" from the web: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typi...

-" The more persons that have choice over their ruler, and the laws that govern them, the more democracy. — Down The Rabbit Hole I disagree. I'm no ch...

Yes, I was lucky to hear Fresco's ideas before he died. Even if I was influenced by more practicals examples(space missions) but I found his ideas on ...

-"The US system does place ultimate authority in the voter, so that does make it democratic, but the control of the masses is fairly tight." -Your sta...

-"Jurgen Habermas views constitutions as transformational documents aimed at addressing and redressing the most significant defects and deficiencies i...

-"As I noted, that fact that a system is not strictly majority rule does not mean it is not democratic." -Well by definition ?????=demo=commune & ????...

-"These bodies seem to be relics of the past. Back when democracy was born (508 BC, Cleisthenes) the population of Athens was small, plus only a certa...

-"When democracy returned to the political scene - after our experiment with monarchy apparently failed - there were just too many people and to get e...

-"The bills could still be drafted by professional politicians, and the questions then put to the electorate electronically." -Politics is a 2300 year...

Sure. Laws are "rules" designed to inform people of "unaccepted" behavior and communicate the implications for those who "decide" to ignore them. So i...

-"It seems to me explanations are mental constructs. Mental constructs are immaterial. Therefor there are only mental explanations, not material expla...

Laws are our primitive made up solution to deal with problems(created by older "solutions") that we don't currently have a technological solution.

-"Is this undemocratic? Can this be justified in that it protects people and actions that are unpopular? " -No, if we mean the same thing with the wor...

-""That which..."? Reality includes many "that which"! Reality is a label of an abstract concept...not a label of a thing. Reality as a concept accomo...

I guess people accept their wives ....by force these days....

nice talking to you Corvus....

Logic and language have value only when we as users follow their "rules". You are demanding to play tennis without the net...so I don't find any real ...

-"Sorry, all I can see is meaningless accusations keep insisting saying "you are wrong" " you are wrong"." -Cognitive dissonance is known for "selecti...

You keep denying a specific usage of the word accept in relation of a belief...while I am keep posting common usages of the word by many online dictio...

My reply presents facts on common usage of words. I don't need a philosophical argument to show that you are ignoring these common usages. So since yo...

-"I would only accept claims of others, if I was looking for some confirmation on something. I would also consider accepting the claims only after con...

-""Accept" is not a relevant concept in this topic, and that is my point." -The definitions I quoted shows that your point is wrong. -"Please read my ...

hmmm....you didn't acknowledge the common usage of the term "accept" I quoted....that is suspicious behavior. -"Faith and belief are closely related. ...

It always amazes me why people confuse good and bad with a moral or immoral act! Its possible that a bad act might be the moral thing to do for your s...

Whether "murder" is a moral or an immoral act(good or bad if you prefer it depends on the consequences in a group. Our societies have left behind abso...

This fallacious question (poisoning the well fallacy) is a great example on why we should never attempt to do Philosophy by skipping science (the seco...

Well I never expressed such an idea. Of course that doesn't mean that ideas aren't "forced" by our social circles, education and peers. The idea of le...

-"Faith is different in that it is supported by the emotional side of mental state. When one has faith in something, someone or in God, one does not n...

I forgot to acknowledge that you never did state that knowledge should be absolute and knowledge claims aren't subject to change. I only stated that a...

-"Knowledge is just verified belief, and belief is just unverified knowledge. " -So knowledge, as you just stated, is used as a qualifier(evaluation t...

Well, knowledge is nothing more than claims or statements that explain facts of reality and carry instrumental value. From what I understand ,correct ...

"In short, knowledge, true knowledge is an illusion;" -No it isn't. Knowledge is a claim that is in agreement with current available facts and has an ...

so you have a knowledge based belief in the claim" the earth is a sphere.

-"It is not that simple. There are different type of knowledge and belief. " -How is this statement relevant? Knowledge is just one reason why people ...

-"You had said believe "in". I'll take it that was a mistake." -Why? "Believe in" doesn't change the fact that we can accept claims either on good or ...

ITs a simple acknowledgment. True or not true is just an evaluation term that can only be applied on statements that are in agreement or not with curr...

Oxford university Logic 101 ;""belief", "True", "fact", "knowledge", Only claims premises and arguments can be true or not true and communicate facts ...

You are equating faith with belief. Belief is the act of accepting a claim. Faith defines the reasons (bad reasons) why we accept a claim. Those two w...

Knowledge is a subset of belief. People accept/believe or reject/disbelieve knowledge claims. Knowledge IS a belief based on facts and objective evide...