none of our senses are completely subjective. They collect data about an objective external world and they are verified every time we attempt to inter...
It always amazes me when people introduce the topic consciousness in a philosophical discussions without taking in to account the Academic epistemolog...
As I already pointed out, our epistemology on god can only shed light on the Anthropological aspect of the cultural concept...not the ontological one....
That is an irrelevant example. Albert's thought experiments ARE NOT claims about facts of reality....the keyword is "thought experiments" His work was...
There isn't any objective evidence in support of the existence of an entity labeled as consciousness. The only verified process carrying that label is...
(absolute)void has not been proven possible within our universe. (Quantum Fluctuations). So we constantly observe interactions in every scale of the u...
I pointed out the inconsistencies in your analogy and you accused me for "taking your analogy ...literally", As I told you an analogy is not a metapho...
-Revelation? that not a method, its doesn't have steps that one can follow in an effort to reproduce the result. Those are the Claims...not the result...
-Thats not true. Alchemy was just a bad way to do Chemistry. Alchemy failure to provide real world results rendering itself useless and irrelevant. Lo...
-I hope not....except of course if we they are Naturalists(methodological). -That's so true! Since your mentioned Philosophy of Science( I love this c...
-What "fractal" means to you. Fractal is a label we use on structures with specific characteristics.Chemisty and Geometry are tools we use to descibe ...
The set of hypotheses under the umbrella of Abiogenesis are our attempt to identify possible ways responsible for the emergence of biological systems ...
What philosophy of mind claims is IRRELEVANT. You will need to study Science, not philosophy in order to understand the ontology of an emergent biolog...
_correct. Unconscious self is a label of an observable phenomena.(organisms acting unconsciously to preserve their well being and survival). -""Uncons...
do you feel hurt or threaten when someone exposes the irrational nature of a claim you subscribe to?? You do understand that I only criticize the logi...
I am focusing or better observing and analyzing the irrationality in humans. Accepting an existential claim without evidence is a text book example of...
If you catch your self asking the above question.....you are alive. If you respond to me post...then I am also alive (possibly). This is what defines ...
Properties of matter are responsible for a computer calculation.That is true for our mental properties. They are a product of the material world. That...
-Well maybe you meant "a metaphor. Metaphors can be interpret literally or not. An analogy is either correct or not. I only pointed out why your analo...
In Cognitive science, there are two types of "Self". First one its the Unconscious Self (Unconscious Self awareness) "found" in organisms with a centr...
-I think your conclusion has a huge problem.Your conclusion is not supported by your example. First issue with your example is that the both results(w...
My take on that would be that "the philosopher shouldn't seek God until he has access to objective epistemology pointing to the existence and ontology...
Possibility needs to be demonstrated, not assumed. The default position(Null hypothesis) is to reject the possibility of a claim until facts can falsi...
Science doesn't really begin with concepts but with observations. These observations produce descriptions which fuel our concepts. Energy is nothing m...
Great questions. First I have to agree with your statement: "Everything in philosophy is in continued contention". *that is also true in science. Ever...
I am not sure how questions about the supernatural can ever by part of Philosophy. Philosophy by default is our attempt to construct Wise claims about...
Complexity Science or complex system science is the study of interactions of large collections of components which give rise to high level features. (...
"Real" is nothing more than an evaluation term we humans use to identify which existential claims are in agreement with objectively verified facts. Wh...
In Methodological Naturalism (science), reductionism has a different meaning. Reductionism is just one out of many tools science has to describe syste...
Its more of an element of distraction than misleading so I will agree its not a rhetorical device but still an logical error according to the followin...
As I said, I am with him on that too! Its just a habit and have to work on that and it needs time, especially when there are people interested in what...
if by Objective reality we mean that External Empirical Regularities and limitations are objectively observed and verified (by us the observers) in pr...
I didn't address your statements because I am in agreement with you. IYou presented a Normative view of what members should acknowledge as reality and...
I have tried this approach before it appeared to helpful to some people. -Red herring. Austin Normative Philosophy on Ontology is irrelevant to our Ep...
-Good for him but it is irrelevant to the OP which I decided to address. Only I can decide for myself what to talk about. I respect the structure of t...
Just to understand this weird experience I am having with you. Did we have any conversations before? Is this a pay back time type of interaction? I me...
I put the questions in the wrong order. the correct order is the following. "- Its philosophically null to talk about whether "is that tree real" inst...
People often make mistakes by projecting an idealistic quality to abstract concepts. They do it by "silently" adding the concept of "absolute"/"ultima...
-"What is?" - Its philosophically null to talk about whether "that is a real tree" instead of "is that tree real". Classification is essential but not...
I know how it works but I am an old "fart" and my habits define my typing! My eyes are trained to search for this pattern (-"bla bla bla ") and all th...
Sure, I have no issues as long as it isn't used as a red herring allowing others to avoid addressing the "problems" in my definition on " what qualifi...
?hat's irrelevant and philosophically null. Listing all the different meanings of a word is just meaningless and the subject of an other discipline. -...
Btw -''Neither Austin nor I defining real as genuine." - I never accused you for doing so. I just pointed out that your remark was out of topic. Wheth...
? am not sure we are compatible as interlocutors. You wrote "Nickolasgaspar is considering only a restricted use of "real". This definition does not s...
Sure, but I am pretty sure that T Clark was addressing the ontological aspect of the word, not the aesthetical aspect of it. (Maybe I am wrong) . - In...
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