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That's too bad. I guess the poor, the sick, the minorities in modern democracies are what the slaves, women, children were in Athenian democracy. Side...
October 03, 2021 at 05:31
I resigned the game! :grin:
October 03, 2021 at 05:26
To the extent that I'm aware democracy didn't fail. Monarchy failed because of inherent flaws in such a mode of governance (tryanny-prone). Democracy,...
October 03, 2021 at 05:25
Miracles are, what they really are, basically inconsistencies (events like the resurrection of Jesus) with respect to an accepted model a reality (the...
October 02, 2021 at 19:36
Senate in USA. These bodies seem to be relics of the past. Back when democracy was born (508 BC, Cleisthenes) the population of Athens was small, plus...
October 02, 2021 at 18:01
p \rightarrow Kp p = a true proposition Kp = p is known I'm afraid, you'll have to figure this out for yourself. Good luck.
October 02, 2021 at 12:05
p = a proposition (truth is implied) Kp = p is known Let's go over this together. The conclusion of Fitch's argument in formal logic is: p \rightarrow...
October 02, 2021 at 11:43
If it's ok to step on and snuff out bugs, is it ok if giants step on and snuff us (humans) out?
October 02, 2021 at 10:55
Accept defeat = Resign
October 02, 2021 at 10:52
Go on...
October 02, 2021 at 10:48
Your definition does not include the elements of choice and belief that something is art and if it did, then we're in territories that seem alien to a...
October 02, 2021 at 10:45
S1 = {x: x is a true proposition} = Set S1 is the set of all possible true propositions. S1 contains those propositions that have already been made an...
October 02, 2021 at 10:11
:lol: I don't need help being a cretin. I can do it all by myself.
October 02, 2021 at 08:52
October 02, 2021 at 08:49
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Anti-realism seems to have skepticism as a starting point: What's the assumption made by realism? That there's an objective, mind-independent world ou...
October 02, 2021 at 08:31
So you have complaints about the natural deduction rule simplification. Care to expand on that a bit. 1. The sun is hot & Grass is green. Ergo, 2. The...
October 02, 2021 at 07:40
When we talk about truths. there has to be something which is about reality, that something then checked if it corresponds to reality - if it does, th...
October 02, 2021 at 07:36
October 01, 2021 at 19:34
Name a truth that's not propositional. We're going round in circles.
October 01, 2021 at 19:32
You denied that truth has to be propositional. I asked you to prove it. You said a picture would do the trick. I pointed out that every object in the ...
October 01, 2021 at 19:30
It has to if you're right. 1. All truths are propositions 2. All propositions are known Ergo, 3. All truths are known.
October 01, 2021 at 17:48
Here's an exercise for you: Erase every object in the picture that has a word for it. What are you left with?
October 01, 2021 at 17:32
:chin:
October 01, 2021 at 17:24
:lol: I've always wanted to say "whatever!" I've never been in a situation where I felt "whatever!" was appropriate. I'm not happy, not happy at all!
October 01, 2021 at 17:21
The problem is when one takes traits that distinguish animals from humans one by one, we're sidetracked by the traits that we've failed to remove from...
October 01, 2021 at 17:10
Prove it! Why?
October 01, 2021 at 16:45
My interpretation: 1. Acceptance: No options. I don't mind it. 2. Resignation: No options. I mind it, I hate it.
October 01, 2021 at 14:55
I dunno! Maybe something about vicarious suffering à la Jesus. Did we learn anything from Jesus (Christianity/religion)?
October 01, 2021 at 14:52
Do it then. Post a picture and show me a truth.
October 01, 2021 at 13:05
Since the world can be neatly carved up between seller and buyer, both will starve - one can't buy food, the other can't sell food to get money with w...
October 01, 2021 at 13:03
Why?
October 01, 2021 at 12:59
The Coronavirus-Social Distancing Paradox The coronavirus has spread across the world, over distances spanning thousands of kilometers but according t...
October 01, 2021 at 12:57
How?
October 01, 2021 at 12:35
Final Version Of Fitch's Paradox, From Wikipedia 1. All truths are knowable 2. p & ~Kp = F = there's an unknown truth 3. F is knowable 4. K(p & ~Kp) 5...
October 01, 2021 at 12:29
To accept & to resign, to use a chess analogy, seems to be aware of what pieces are still in the game, where they are, then to strategize for a win/dr...
October 01, 2021 at 12:15
Yep!
October 01, 2021 at 11:56
An example!
October 01, 2021 at 11:43
You mean to say that a person, the sage obviously, who accepts truths/facts doesn't gain happiness/pleasure/contentment from it? Word play, my friend....
October 01, 2021 at 11:40
The implications of a private language are what's important. One view on language is that people's minds are distinct in terms of the referent for wor...
October 01, 2021 at 11:31
I thought resignation & acceptance meant one can't flee from truths. The way it seems to me is both acceptance & resignation involve adapting oneself ...
October 01, 2021 at 10:23
1. F = p is true & p is unknown (true/false?) = there are unknown truths 2. All truths are knowable 3. Possible to know F 4. We know F = Known that (p...
October 01, 2021 at 09:47
That's mapping words to referents.
October 01, 2021 at 09:16
I kept my end of the bargain, you should keep yours.
October 01, 2021 at 09:12
Red Herring :yawn:
October 01, 2021 at 09:08
Methinks democracy, the one with fixed terms in power, is simply micro-tyranny, micro-tryanny being short-lived despotism (à la Trumpism). The constit...
October 01, 2021 at 06:46
I think I get it now. Acceptance of facts/truths is to be content with how things are. Resignation is to be discontent with how things are, that becau...
October 01, 2021 at 06:04
Care to expand on that a bit? At the end of the day, apatheia is, as some like to put it, coming to terms with the brute facts of reality. See my repl...
October 01, 2021 at 05:39
:up: What's the difference between acceptance and resignation? Are we wise (accepting truths, not chasing after what are mere illusions) OR are we hel...
October 01, 2021 at 04:52
:rofl: A nose job!
October 01, 2021 at 03:29