You're right. To know what is not asserted (in documents), I have to know what is asserted (in the documents). What I meant to point out was the argum...
Of course, but argumentum ex silentio is made on the basis of what isn't in canonical texts. That's the whole point. I don't doubt the profundity of t...
All I can say is that my intuition tells me not to accept Morgan Luck's argument that if virtual murder is not a problem (it isn't), virtual pedophili...
Logic is absolutely necessary to establish truth, at least under the current epistemological paradigm - rationality. How could you object to that? Unl...
:up: This reminds me of a frequently asked question regarding the US space program: Why put so much into space exploration when all that money could b...
Indeed. The traditional division of reality into physical and mental, however they may be related, is inadequate, apophatically speaking. For sure God...
Of course truth \neq proof but you can't deny that proof is a necessary and sufficient condition for the truth of claims; another way of saying that i...
Why not? We could, if we ever discover those proof-independent qualities of truth, we could skip all the tedious logical deductions (burden of proof) ...
The immaterial is the first step - one answers the question, "is God material?" with a no!. The next question, naturally, is "is God immaterial?' and ...
That's being just dismissive of the idea (the good kinda truthiness) I want to discuss. The usual way things are done, propositions/claims are held/de...
https://youtu.be/A1ldvDjZ508 It's NOT a joke! How can I help you if I myself need help? Be reasonable peeps. Self & not-self (other) feels (more) natu...
Not so, It was a compliment. You wrote, how many now?, at a minimum 5 medium-length paragraphs and yet you were like a chopper - hovering over importa...
You claim that a proposition is true when it is a "state of affairs". What exactly do you mean by that? I ask because you seem to be implying there's ...
Gestures can have syntax: :yawn: :point: TheMadFool I'm probably off the mark but natural languages seem to possess flexible syntax which, if we think...
Proposition 2 is not necessarily true. What if your (autonomous moral agent) moral judgments are exactly congruent (letter for letter, word for word) ...
At first glance, prima facie, I thought dyads were opposites (one and many, same and other, good and bad, being and non-being, limited and unlimited) ...
1. Either the cat is on the mat or the cat is in the tree. 2. The cat is not in the tree. Ergo, 3. The cat is on the mat. The statement "the cat is on...
And thus :point: To imagine the immaterial is nearly as nonsensical (to you) as to conceive of the inconceivable and I feel the two are related, like ...
Why? What is the definition of language? :ok: Khaby Lame uses gestures as I made a point of mentioning. He says that he wants to reach out to as many ...
How? A well-crafted argument would go a long way towards making your case. Remember there are two points to consider: relative limit (what we can say/...
SETI Voyager Golden Record Arecibo Message Earth's Radio Bubble Silence: No one is broadcasting OR everyone is broadcasting SILENCE. If the former, we...
What kinda gestures are aliens making across intergalactic space? Are gestures themselves of limited utility given how alien biology may differ from o...
Update The Justified True Belief Theory Of knowledge asserts that, S (a person) KNOWS P (a proposition) IFF 1. P is true 2. P is justified 3. S believ...
Apophatic Theology Apophatic theology (via negativans): To deny of God all posssible predicates. So, God is material. No! God is a male. No! God is x ...
To make sense of apophatic theology (knowing by not knowing :chin: ), one has to understand that whatever it is that we're denying predicates of our w...
I see. We could look at it that way I suppose. Silence as an unanticipated response to a query of some kind. What I would like to ask though is how Kh...
The Wagon Wheel Effect https://youtu.be/Q0KmxRVQ7-c Try this: say "night good" repeatedly, as fast as you can. At a certain point, you'll be find your...
Let's stick to classic examples then. I recall reading fuzzy logic back in my early 20's. I must confess it all went over my head but one thing I do r...
Last night I had a revelation of sorts - nations when they engage in so-called politics, their conduct mirrors how people, as individuals, interact wi...
If this definition generates fuziness then, the fuziness is in the definition. Amend the definition and the fuziness disappears. Can you also give me ...
This just dawned on me! Perhaps I should've had this epiphany a long time ago, about the time I had the pleasure cum pain of having encountered paraco...
As some posters have remarked, the issue seems to be accessing our very own "natural personal internet" (the network of neurons that we've labelled th...
Where is binary logic inapplicable? Do not fault binary logic for the errors in our conceptual schema. You mentioned fairness as regards pay. Be preci...
What's your take on: A. Math requires logic: Numbers are patterns e.g. 1 is the pattern in the sets {7}, {a}, {dog}, {@}. To discern the pattern one r...
:ok: Another word for understanding is seeing. See? The key step. And thereby hangs a tale. Intelligence being, in a sense, the trait we zero in on. R...
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