TheMadFool

Well, even alive we don't have 100% right over our bodies. Drugs are illegal. Suicide is illegal. So, it seems quite natural to infer that death shoul...

You mean Nihilism is the truth? That's the only way I can make sense of the claim that you have no choice. I agree but... This situation, Nihilism, ma...

Well, there's nothing much we can do for you NOW. The world is pretty much without meaning - anything we can latch onto dies, decays and literally van...

In my humble opinion we must first make a distinction; that between ends and means. If you look at the class of human actions, by which I mean our spe...

Or... aCb <-> (aRb & ~bCa & ~(Ex)(xCa & xCb) & ~aNb)

(Ex)(Ey)(xCy <-> xRy & ~yCx & ~(Ez)(zCx & zCy) & ~xNy) Thanks for pointing out the mistake. My logic is rusty. How's the above formulation

But I'm not making an argument. Perhaps the ''then'' misled you. I'm defining causation.

xCy = x causes y xRy = x is correlates with y xNy = x is correlated coincidentally with y 1. xRy 2. ~yCx 3. ~(Ez)(zCx AND zCy) 4. ~xNy Then xCy <-> 1 ...

It's best not to define terrorism because we may, god forbid, include ourselves in its extension.

You might find this interesting: Henrietta Lacks

You're right it's not a clear cut case of reason vs emotion. We may be deeply moved by a good argument and rationality helps to navigate the emotional...

Why? Surely one can't ignore the fact that somethings pertinent to one's life are beyond our control. Doesn't that amount to fate of some kind?

What is the mechanism by which the past, present, and future becomes "fixed and settled"?

I think you're barking up the wrong tree. I'm not saying faith is bad or inferior.

Well, if religion is about faith why would you look for and note down in a book miracles? Clearly, they (miracles) were proferred as evidence of the d...

The gist of what I want to say is the obvious contradiction in religion - that it appeals to our faith and at the same time offers miracles as evidenc...

Ok but how does bringing in God distinguish fatalism from determinism? Presumably both require causation at some point. Perhaps determinism and fatali...

I don't think confirmation bias is an unequivocal philosophical sin. Look at the flip side - perpetual doubt leads to paralysis of thought and action....

Thanks for explaining determinism to me. The question that comes to mind is how do we form a coherent theory about fatalism without determinism?

In my humble opinion, faith doesn't have as big a role, as is claimed, in religion. I do agree that as time passes, witnesses die, accounts get distor...

I'm not sure how well this view can demarcate a clear boundary between fatalism and determinism. Determinism doesn't preclude a thinking and feeling a...

I think that's a miconception. Theism and Atheism appeal to two different qualities of the human psyche. Religion appeals to intuition and feelings. I...

The distinction doesn't seem to make sense. The essence of both, even taking your definitions to be true, is our lives are beyond our control. The mec...

I'm not saying we shouldn't have faith. But... Religion being only about faith is a lie. There's a great deal of evidence provided in miracles and the...

Why did the people believe Jesus was the son of God? This is a valid question and the answer is the miracles he performed.

Well, I think the difference between fatalism and determinism is that the former is an attitude of resignation arising from the latter, which is a tru...

If religion is all about faith then why did so-called prophets perform miracles? Isn't the notion of evidence tied inseparably to miraculous events? I...

Fate and Fatalism. To me, the former is a truth while the latter is an attitude. For me, there are two types of fate. 1. We do have control over our t...

Well, theMunchhausen Trilemma is inescapable and we must begin somewhere. Let's take the alleged opposite of religion - science. It begins from observ...

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Choice!? Christianity: Believe in the God of Christianity and that Jesus is the savior OR be damned for eternity Buddhism: The four noble truths OR su...

Rationality is inescapable. Religion is weird because of it's said to be based on faith which I think is a misconception. Why? If I'm not mistaken, Mo...

No rules No goals No chains No aims No border No order No gain No pain The inane The insane I'm TheMadFool

Perhaps there are errors in my version of the argument. I'm only familiar with sentential logic and a little bit of predicate logic. May be you can do...

I don't see how that's possible. Subjectivity is subjectivity IFF there's variety in mental states and, after that, disagreement follows. X likes roma...

So the problemis with logic? Why is it then that it's relatively easy to understand the paradox using simple logic as I have? (Y)

Here's my way of seeing it. P: The statue of liberty exists: Statue of liberty exists is a truth Q: P is an unknown truth: The statue of liberty exist...

''P is false'' is simply saying ''P is true is false''. So, P is false. There's no contradiction.

From what I know: Everyday experience evidences that we don't make statements like '' It is true that the sun is shining''. Rather we say ''the sun is...

That's a fine way to look at life. Genetic memories transfer from parent to child. This isn't possible without death. Also, death has the additional f...

Amounts to the same thing. Asserting P is the same as asserting P is true. So, when I say Q: P is unknown, I mean P is an unknown truth. To show that ...

Allow me to rephrase your example: P: the color of your hair is red Q: P is unknown: It is unknown that the color of your hair is red Assume you know ...

There's an extra step you're missing. That P is unknown, is known (Q). P being a part of Q, is, let's say, automatically known. For example: P: elepha...

I agree. It's consciousness that creates meaning. So, how does this bear on the issue of death? In different words, does death have a meaning? Death d...

You're right. I'm being unrealistic. We can't ask an unborn child whether it'd want life or not. But, you will agree that nonconsensual relationships ...

@"Wosret" @"Cavacava" I gave it some thought and realized that the paradox isn't so easy to solve. The concept of meta-knowledge doesn't cut it. Meta-...

Perhaps I didn't word it well. Let's try again: P is a truth: The USA has 1 president Q: P is unknown: It is unknown that The USA has 1 president. Now...

Q is the statement ''P is unknown''... So, if you know Q, you must know P For example P: there is life on other worlds Q: There is life on other world...

Nothing can come from nothing is about the physical world; an observation made of the external world. The argument, which is statistical, should be as...

Rationality has yielded amazing results. Science and math are the towering examples of pure rationality in action. Even topics like religion, where fa...