TheMadFool

Firstly, I don't know if communication per se is an indication of consciousness meant here as the existence of an inner life - what is it like to be s...

These words make me not want to shave :smile: Agreed. @"Coben" I just want to know how ontology is relevant to Occam's Razor. You claimed that Occam's...

You are right about all of the above. Sorry if I offended you. Not my intention. I have an illness - I get sudden adrenaline rushes and if there's any...

:lol: Take care. Good day

Well, firstly this is a reply to an old post of mine and so I don't recall where we left the discussion hanging. Secondly, if memory serves, you menti...

Then why are you disagreeing with me? :chin:

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Indeed and these universals would qualify as postulates, no?

I did.

Read the Occam's Razor carefully.

https://towardsdatascience.com/stop-using-the-occams-razor-principle-7281d143f9e6 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/occams-razor/495...

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As far as I can tell, and I'm sure you know this like the back of your hand or inside and out (take your pick), every extant moral theory is flawed in...

Let me get this straight. The method that one uses to arrive at a moral decision is what morality is about and not the moral decision itself for reaso...

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I tried reading the wiki entry on anarchism but it's impossible: anarchism lacks a proper definition, and it has evolved in some many directions that ...

Argument 1: 1. We have free will 2. Determinism is true for all physical things 3. If we have free will and determinism is true for all physical thing...

The scientific method consists of the following: 1. collecting unbiased data 2. analyzing the data objectively to look for patterns 3. formulating a h...

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:rofl: I should stop listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson - he glamorizes astronomy to no end. I bet he never had his eye frozen to a telescope. By the wa...

Is this another Wittgensteinian moment? Language games complicating an already confusing and overcrowded landscape of ideas?

Looks like it. Anyway, kudos to you for starting this thread. It's a good place to brush up on my logic. I hope others feel the same way. Good luck. :...

I remember starting a thread in the old forum regarding the status of questions in logic, specifically whether questions are propositions or not. I va...

Are you saying that life isn't a necessary consequence of known physical laws? Firstly, given that most, if not all, experts, time and again, remind u...

This statement needs something to hold it up. A fullfledged watertight argument may not be at hand so I won't ask for that but surely you can tell us ...

This is a profound statement indeed. Speaking for myself, more often than not, philosophical matters tend to be just that bit more complex than first ...

Thank you very much. I don't know if the wikipedia article was edited in the past couple of hours because I didn't see it there when I read it last. I...

Yes, what do "entities" refer to? In my humble opinion, "entities" are the components of an explanatory hypothesis that together enable a given hypoth...

Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity is all I can say. :chin:

:ok: I wish it weren't. Anyway... Must've been awesome working with stars. Firstly, though I would like to think for myself and learn everything mysel...

Thanks for your reply. G'day.

Am I supposed to expect something different, something closer to the truth, in Eastern or Southern or Northern philosophy? :chin: I agree that hypothe...

You may use any symbol you like but a good practice is to use the first letter of the critical word in the sentence for easy recall and to help you ke...

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In my defense I used the "qualia" as a representative word for all subjective mind experiences.

I did hear about Dennett's impressively titled book and how poorly received it was by scholars and ordinary people alike. I think he's the type who ha...

Some people are of the opinion that the hard problem's solution will be found in solutions to the "easy" problems although how exactly is beyond me. I...

Ok. Here's a hypothetical scenario to consider. Imagine that for the last couple of months a person, say X, hasn't been getting his sleep on more than...

I agree that it's very likely that I'm completely mistaken here. I have a simple request: Can you give me synopsis of your views on what explanations ...

I never completely understood Nagel's point. His argument rests entirely on the subjective-objective distinction and it appears to be that he's implyi...

S = TWA 800 was shot down B = TWA 800 was bombed M = TWA 800 suffered from a mechanical failure 1. (S v B) v M...............premise 2. ~B...............

The notion of a selfish gene is unsettling. Is altruism an illusion created by our genes whose only objective is to self-servingly replicate itself at...

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Only if I wake up :chin:

The root of the Golden Rule is empathy for it enjoins us to treat others based on how we would feel if so treated. To say God doesn't live by the gold...

Most valuable comment so far. :up: My premises, based on known facts of sleep and awake states, are: 1. Brain off -> no qualia 2. Brain on -> yes qual...

I already did. Brain activity (something physical) both sufficient and necessary for qualia . :chin: Right but I fail to see what follows. The hard pr...