TheMadFool

A lie needs a truth or unanswered question. If we consider the former then one can't possibly lie to oneself. If the latter then ignorance can always ...

What does it mean to say that ignorance is bliss? Either ignorance itself is joy-inducing or the truth is painful. I don't think it's the former becau...

Take a fish and a mammal. The water appears designed for fish AND the air seems designed for mammals but a mammal can't breathe water and fish can't b...

Being trustworthy is a virtue. Monogamy involves trust.

Thanks. All I want to say is that life may not necesarily be carbon-based. In fact there's no contradiction in there being pure energy-based lifr form...

A very interesting question. I find it very important to see similarities than differences. Even animals possess the power of discrimination e.g. prey...

The point is the fine tuning argument assumes life has to be life as we know it and that is where the fine tuning argument goes wrong. Different numbe...

I'd like to turn that around and say "AI is the job". It would be the crowning glory of human achievements.

Oh I see. You're talking about beliefs and not truths. I agree then but I feel that time isn't a cause of belief morphing. Time is just a frame of ref...

I don't think truths are functions of time in that they morph with whatever it is that happens between two points in time. If I understand you correct...

So inquisitive. The mark of a true philosopher. Finally I meet you. Quo Vadis? I follow.

True but unbelievable! I gues we need to view this sort of belief-conditions through a wider time window. Take 500 years for instance. In the year 150...

Here’s a kinda-sorta “proof”: Logic’s justification can be grounded in its ability to find truths. Basically, if logic gets to truths then that’s a ju...

@"Wayfarer" Language is arbitrary and is, if you truly analyze it, a matter of convention. Languages differ from place to place and time to time but l...

Thank you. It’s just that I’ve broached this topic many times (some others too) and no one has given me an answer that would give me closure. In the b...

I guess denying the law of identity would make even the simplest discussion impossible. What of justifying logic as the authority among truth-finding ...

Is the use mention fallacy? When you say "nothing is impossible" you're using the word "nothing" but we could also read it as nothing is impossible.

I feel logic is about conformity - with nature and with yellow rest of society. Imagine a game. As all games come we have rules to abide by. All is we...

This is a paradox of some kind isn't it - that we can neither argue for nor argue against logic? I see a way out though. Whether it's legit or not you...

There's method in madness. In some religions the fool/mad person is an enlightened being.

Indeed. There must be some stuff out there in this universe or, may be, even inside our minds that transcends logic. Hyper-rationality (not irrational...

The strange fact is that every mental state has a reason. It's not really a failure of logic. Rather it's what you put into it; to use the computer pa...

That is assuming the designer is/was complex. If you believe science the evolution of structure in the universe has been from the simple to the comple...

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That’s what I’m trying to show. Choice making can be programmed as in a computer. That voids the ability to make choices as a method to ascertain the ...

Well, everything about us can be reduced to physics and chemistry but that still doesn't explain what free will is. We recognize a self and its abilit...

Yes. It's a healthy approach to life. Caution always pays off. Reckless driving is dangerous.

So you prefer that we all become Academy Award winning actors? It just doesn't work unless you assume you're better than the person you're directing y...

That makes sense to me. This is probably an idiosyncrasy but I think free will will eventually evolve if it hasn't already. Thanks

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That's what every generation says. Science is always looking for a better theory to explain. In fact that is science's modus operandi. Wouldn't it be ...

I think you have the science wrong. Entropy increases and living systems try and revert to a lower entropy state by utilizing external energy and usin...

Does that mean logic can't handle this particular nuance of "is" in language? Thank you. Your answer is the most sensible. :up: Can you explain what t...

The power of logic lies in its detachment. It is supposed to be a fair and wise judge of affairs. Not to say that it can't be used with a touch of fee...

You seem to take the analogy of the user-tool too far. I agree that guns don't kill but people do. You're saying hate is just like a gun - a tool - th...

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Does that make love our enemy? I guess to much of anything is bad.

Thanks. I was under the impression that when philosophers talk of meaning of life they're looking for some specific purpose that applies to everyone. ...

There's another situation which is similar to trying to understand the unanameable -that of a baboon trying to understand calculus. Are you saying we'...

There is a sense in which we can view ourselves from the third person. We observe ourselves by looking into the mind-mirror and, sometimes, we can suf...

How do we discuss this unnameable substance?

I don't know. I can see them both come together like yin and yang; the parts may be confusing but the whole makes sense. I wonder what others have to ...

Both are two sides of the same coin and only together can we make a purchase.

If there's a failure in either of the two (particular or method) inconsistencues would pop up every now and then and we wouldn't be able to comprehend...

Perhaps I should've said our conception of God is illogical and not God himself. The God that fits into our world - a sloppy designer, not so powerful...

There are truths and falsehoods. In the beginning we have a method or a few particulars, it doesn't matter. Say we start with particulars and we devel...

What I'm saying is there's a plethora of ''particulars'' in favor of the logical method. Using another logical progeny - mathematical probability - we...

God is illogical. Omnipotency is a stone too heavy to lift. Omnibenevolence is a just the calm before an earthquake. Omniscience makes us autmatons wi...