TheMadFool

Could you kindly elaborate on the point you wish to make? Much of our knowledge, what we know, is visual e.g. a horse is horse because it looks a cert...

I'm not sure but Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorems (utilizes a variation of the liar paradox) imply that we don't know, can't prove math is consist...

It is interesting! It's a deep question. Movie SFX https://youtu.be/UO3N_PRIgX0

You mean to say, for instance, that the sound of footsteps in a hall should possess some footness and floorness? Why would you think that? By the way ...

I don't think you're right. The sensations (smell, sound, sight, touch and taste) produced by objects are functions of the chemical composition, the d...

:fire: On point O wise one!

Saving a life isn't the same as giving a life. In the former, there's the self-preservation instinct that becomes the basis for the gift view of life....

You might want to take a look at mercy killing/euthanasia - done only when it's impossible to live and not suffer extremely. Premise 3 - something's w...

I was thinking along the lines of qualities. C's black in color but circular in shape. No contradiction.

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It isn't extrasensory. Visiual simulations are what imagination is.

I thought Socrates defined knowledge as justified, true belief? The future is within our grasp given the laws of nature are universal and constant - a...

An old idea as far as I can tell, yin-yang.

Basically, Plato's allegory of the cave.

The modern view of knowledge takes into account the ever-changing, dynamic, nature of knowledge - no aeroplanes back in Socrates' time but now round t...

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What's vicarious suffering to Wittgenstein and his private language argument?

Wake up and smell the roses is what I'd like to tell everyone. If there ever was an opportunity to demonstrate international cooperation at a scale th...

Use your imagination.

No. That's natural and happens to everybody.

What does hard determinism entail for ethics? Ethics/Morality/Good & Bad Ethics stops making sense without free will.

Too bad. I was just getting into the groove but it looks like I misread the situation. Typical MadFoolery. Carry on.

My comment was more general than specific but you seem to have got the message.

What do you mean by "made up" then? As is obvious, our conversation has stalled, fallen at the first hurdle as it were. Denying mathematics any form o...

No but it doesn't have to be.

1. Give aid to Afghanistan or don't give aid to Afghanistan 2. If you give aid to Afghanistan, you end up helping Islamic extremists 3. If you don't g...

I'll make a statement and then ask a question. J. R. R. Tolkien's universe is made up. You claim math too is made up. Is there a difference between To...

That is precisely what made up means. I just had icecream yesterday and it was delicious. :grin:

None whatsoever! Sorry to disappoint you.

What means this :point: ? Try to think in terms of collective subjectivity, perhaps inter-subjectivity or mass hallucination if you like. Is the mathe...

Yet, Socrates was born, was a tot, grew into a brave young soldier, went on to "corrupt" the Athenian youth, was impious, was tried, was found guilty,...

Thanks. That's one way of looking at it but there are other possibilities, possibilities that are non-Darwinian in character. :ok: It's a pity not man...

No :cry:

:up: Hey Wayfarer, you say a lot of important stuff. I just hope other people are paying attention.

Let's look at something else that's made up - religion - and compare that with math and check how they stack up in re their power to provide an explan...

It's said that belief taken up a notch - conviction - is a very powerful state of mind in that it can, in a sense, open doors, much like a psychedelic...

I find this analogy - life as a game - perfect; it's hidden in plain sight. See Simulation Hypothesis. Also, Video Games. It's not that much of a stre...

The kind of civilization that humans have built all around the world is amazing no doubt but it, for better or worse, isn't one of those that's design...

I have no idea what you're talking about. That's the nub, the heart, of the issue. :chin: That doesn't quite do the job of helping you make your case....

is our nature, I'm not sure.

Thanks Wayfarer.

Then why bring Utopia up at all? Make the case that life can be made happier than sadder in this world and not some hypothetical one. Yes, it does mak...

I don't wanna rain on the nonphysicalist's parade but just imagine you're all alone on some deserted island and you decide to, since you have all the ...

Answer the question Khaled, friend, is Utopia possible? Surely, before you get any takers for your offer to put children in Utopia, you'll have to sho...

This is swinging to the other extreme. Let's start small - is it possible to make life, on balance, happier than sadder? What say you? By the way, you...

You have a point! If life is so pretty, why the heck is there religion, promising escape (nirvana) or a better deal (heaven)?

Fitch's Paradox Of Knowability. The conclusion is collective omniscience derived from the assumption that everything is knowable. As regards some kind...

@"Wayfarer" Don't you see any problems, errors. mistakes, stupidity, in what I said below?

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The eyes, in this analagy, stands for consciousness. The eyes seeing themselves (in a reflection) would correspond to consciosuness examining itself. ...