Since we can be skeptical about everything, it follows that we must trust everything. That little gap between probable and certain truth always exists...
What about the fact that the cop is under duress? He's no longer a free agency and so his actions can't be morally judged. I think to be morally respo...
Let me give a mathematical definition of love. At a minimum it requires 1 thing - you can love yourself. We also know the term like which in the simpl...
:up: :ok: I was just wondering whether politics can ever be aa rigorous as science. Why can't politics be a science? Is it because it's too complex or...
Well, I was being specific to the question in the OP. The video link claims that Marxism IF a scientific theory fails by being unfalsifiable since it ...
One could say that to be moral one must be free. Under duress moral considerations take a backseat in my opinion. Things are beyond your control. The ...
Google definition of sentimental value: the value of an object deriving from personal or emotional associations rather than material worth. As you can...
I think consciousness, specifically the part that constitutes identity (inclinations, memory, whatever that one considers as an essence) is a pattern ...
I watched the video and, in my opinion, the Marxist explanation for why the predicted class struggle didn't materialize is reasonable. Marxism require...
I think Descartes' ontological argument still stands. His argument doesn't require us to experience God-like thoughts (Divine Cogito, divine sum). We ...
Let's take the quantity 1 for simplicity. Define a function y = 1÷x. y will grow towards infinity as x approaches zero. But when x is zero, y is undef...
A double implication like P <-> Q is true when both P and Q have the same truth values in a truth table. Two propositions P and Q are logically equiva...
Everything has problems. Nothing is perfect. If there's anything good in science, it's falsifiability and if there's anything bad it's falsifiability....
Hi Nicholas. You're learning logic. I have a question for you. You used <=> in your OP as in ~(p v q) <=> ~p & ~q I've seen another way to express thi...
God is defined as a being, somewhat like us with a mind. Goodness is a quality of a being. How can a being = quality as is implied by saying God is go...
Exactly...why beat around the bush with the unnrcessarily broad category of like/dislike and get to the point - pain, the feeling of it, the sharing o...
On a subject as difficult as morality I think ''feeling something is wrong'' is both noble and expected. Noble because people are trying to be good ev...
I underscored ''can'' above. It indicates possibility only and not actuality does it. People can be bad but are they in practice? A simple answer is '...
Validity is about the truth preserving form of an argument. Once we have the correct form, all substitution instances of the form, whether fiction or ...
I don't understand how you can hate all people? Misanthropy means that right? What is it that all people possess, the cause of misanthropy? That such ...
It's like a water fountain isn't it? The fountain, spectacular or drab, is there in the form of a permanent loop of water but the water is changing wi...
Best part is hate isn't a reflexive relation. You may hate me but it's possible I don't hate you. However, there may be a symmetry. The hate may be mu...
I accept the theory of evolution as a good explanation of empirical data but your OP has a diagram that clearly shows the difference between theory an...
I'm subscribing to Holism, the way you defined it. Life is like a novel or an essay - a collection of letters, yes, but letters organized into sentenc...
Would one be shocked into believing that the bearer of the truth was mad? The examples I provided (Cantor and Godel) were of people who knew the truth...
Yes, values change with knowledge and that is growing at a rapid pace. You also mentioned globalization. It's a struggle I guess for cultures to stay ...
That's interesting. You're pointing the accusing finger back at the accuser. However, this isn't the type of madness I'm referring to. The madness of ...
I see. So, you don't see anything of note in this. That's ok but I want to ask you, is there a breaking point for the mind. I myself have been quite l...
I meant that to have cultural identity one must differ from other cultures. Only through comparative difference can an identity be established. That's...
Isn't personhood the main issue. If we take that out of the discussion then the opponent pro-lifers vanish into thin air. The pro-choicers win without...
Well, let me try at this from another angle. Some of the, what I call ''good stuff'', really difficult concepts in subjects like philosophy, math, sci...
How about advanced mathematics? If what I say is true then all the geniuses in science and math have been walking a tightrope - precariously balanced ...
That's more or less what I mean. Cultural identity comes through comparison and relations with other cultures. This exchange between culture is part o...
Curiosity kills the cat! That's what I mean more or less. I value knowledge and I feel willing to sacrifice my time and effort in search of some unplu...
That's where the difficulty lies. Morality has a rational basis on empathy but children are incapable of understanding arguments aren't they? That or ...
I wonder sometimes. Morality has a rational basis - empathy being somewhat necessary. Children are incapable of reasoning well enough to understand mo...
I think this is correct but I wonder sometimes if adults are really that different from children Children are usually thought of as playing with toys ...
A thought experiment: Imagine there's a building marked for demolition and all preparations are complete. Just before the teamleader presses the deton...
Respect isn't as good as love, ill-defined as it too is, when it comes to morality. If we love each other, harmony and peace follow automatically. On ...
We all wear masks, the image we present to others. It's doctored to appear pleasing - all the bad parts filtered out and only the good showing. In oth...
An ideal community should balance group interests with individual ambitions. We want to live in harmony but not at the expense of losing our individua...
How about looking at it from the standpoint of an individual in a community. An isolationist policy by any culture would translate as loneliness. Just...
I'm of below average intelligence. I don't understand calculus or trigonometry or quantum physics. These are, you could say, transcendental to me. Yet...
That's right. It seems we have the reward-punishment model that is used in moral education. As you said children are rewarded but adults are not. Adul...
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