I think EugeneW is saying there is, in the case of human, a SELF which has intentions, whereas, in the case of computer, there is NO self, and thus th...
As you may have seen in my statement to Sir2u above, pure math is concerned with the innate workings of the language of math itself. Any brief survey ...
The connection you name above goes in both directions. Concept - Philosophy - an idea or mental picture of a group or class of objects formed by combi...
The key word in my statement is signification. I'm tempted to argue that my claims are true by definition, since a sign without a referent is like a m...
If I remember Battleship correctly, there is a plastic platform full of holes, the grid where a player's battleship moves to various positions. No arg...
Abundant thanks with much gratitude to you, Kuro. Your input here is tremendously substantial and, I presently like to think, more encouraging than ot...
Pure mathematics is the study of mathematical concepts independently of any application outside mathematics. ...the appeal is attributed to the intell...
I didn't say an abstract conception of a number is a material thing. I implied it is a sign that has a material referent. I'll go to your references. ...
What is a number without a material referent? It's just another material thing, but unlocateable. Number = position. Only material things can have pos...
What does an intelligence grasp when it counts? I say an intelligence grasps a material thing, as when it counts a line of stones, en route to underst...
You pick up a rock & it weighs 1 pound. You pick up another rock & it weighs 4 ounces. The second rock weighs only 25% of what the first rock weighs. ...
Hello Michael, Sidebar - Is it true that OED = Oxford English Dictionary? Just want to get that clarified. Herein we're both working with some pretty ...
Philosophy sure does truck with reductive materialism. But I am epiphenominal! Scratch matter & you disappear right along with it. I am a distinct sel...
Assuming we posit that flights of fancy, via the human imagination, occur within nature as described above, what is the ontological status of flights ...
Are you claiming that consciousness is an emergent property of matter? If your answer to the above question is "yes," then, regarding your identity as...
Why have multitudes embraced the Christian miracles, whereas myriad other miracle stories have been dismissed? I'm not implying popularity equals veri...
Your points here are good and I acknowledge their cogency. I'm just saying that motivation counts for something. Of course all types of people from al...
Do the naysayers of the Jesus Godhead have any contemporaneous accounts denying the alleged miracles? I guess those supporting the allegations have wo...
I understand your use of perfunctory. You think my characterization is superficial. Regarding insufficiently speculative, I don't understand. Speculat...
What is your response to the following characterization of pandeism? pandeism- nature is a large scale mechanism operational within specifiable, obdur...
I acknowledge that 180 Proof & Seppo are correct in saying that categorical refutation can be made with the support of sound logic &, moreover, in our...
Provisional Closing: Three ISMs Idealism When the staunch atheist confronts the question of atheism & idealism, an apparent conflict, s/he encounters ...
This is sound reasoning through the lens of three-dimensional set theory. I agree that the two problems you articulate need to be addressed for the sa...
:up: Fair Damsel - Oh, Leibniz. Your monads are so devine! Leibniz- Alright, baby! Lemme show you what I've got upstairs. We'll plot the curve of this...
You ask highly intelligent and thought-provoking questions. More power to you. A Person-On-The-Street type of philosopher is much needed. Perhaps you ...
The statements above contain an excellent summary of the daunting challenges facing any person seeking to communicate in depth. Is not communication i...
There’s an important distinction needing to be made here, as the difficult & the boring are very different things. Just now, we’re evaluating the bori...
I think you’re saying for any philosopher, being able to entertain the audience with emotional gratification coupled with the excitement of learning i...
Philosophy & the philosopher, if they're any good, embody an important sub-division under the rubric of entertainment. The philosopher, if s/he's any ...
Do you deny this? If so, show me a change that has no cause. In this instance, your example can be a phenomenon of change that takes time to occur. Al...
You obviously think change & cause are two very different things. I think they're directly connected. When there is a cause, change occurs. When chang...
Are you referring to quantum measurements of vectors when the wave function is operational? Are you asserting the presence of the observer as the main...
State 1: cushion without weight = shape of cushion 1 State 2: cushion with weight sitting on it = shape of cushion 2 Question - What causes shape of c...
Banno, I think you're saying causation is trivial. Please elaborate by giving us a trivial, mundane cause of change in the state of a material object ...
CAUSE, like CHANGE, refers to an alteration in the state of things, over time. The deformation of the cushion, involving motion, consumes time. The de...
What causes change over distance? In the case of everyday physics, change over time via motion is caused by a change in the inertial state of a materi...
Question – How does an agent in the non-physical category (spirit) cause observable effects in the physical category (physics)? Theism (theistic metap...
Do you allow that transduction between spirit-matter being possible is the premise of the atheistic seekers to whom you've been referring? If you reje...
When a seeker tries to find physical evidence of immaterial being interacting with matter, that's a very specific search. If the speaker is reacting t...
In what context are you willing to answer my question about logic being independent or invented? Sidebars into related topics have been ok before, or ...
Is it not true that before the question of God's causal relationship with the physical world can be examined via the benchmark of physical evidence, t...
Is it your understanding that God's being includes a physical component? Are you saying that grammar of logic is extant independent of human reasoning...
With my question, I was attempting to make a distinction between knowing by (2) possible standards: a) observation of phenomena within the empirical w...
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