TheMadFool

Not really. Perhaps my analogy was inappropriate. All I meant was that people are autonomous agents, they have a mind of their own and we must both re...

Random thoughts. No particular point to it.

As far as I'm concerned, chaos can't be satisfactorily ruled out; after all, as you seem to be implying, order is a phase in chaos. Reminds me of skep...

This is going into my quotes collection! Something about it is profoundly meaningful.

Yeah, let things fall where they may. After all, we're not dealing with a lifeless object that you may do what you want with it. As they say, some thi...

I'm simply relating the fact that a group of individuals united by a common purpose/goal can be and is treated as one entity. For example, in politics...

Explain yourself. I spend, maybe, 5 minutes talking about him and the rest of the day, 1435 minutes, not even thinking about him.

Nature is not subject to its laws. An example? Your true nature stands above the laws... An example?

I don't know how else to get my point across except in that a one-off event that fits the description of synchronicity is exactly that - acausal. Howe...

We have choices. Like it or not, as per the argument which I simply reproduced, none of the choices you make are free i.e. they're determined by force...

https://youtu.be/KnmdUn3qQeI

A synchronicty, last I checked, is a meaningful coincidence. Imagine the following scenarios. 1. You're walking down a street, thinking of nothing in ...

:ok: I just found it funny and also very inspiring that there are people on this forum who take knowledge seriously - keeping up to speed is not my cu...

I quite like this deceptively simple argument: 1. The laws of nature 2. We are part of nature Ergo, 3. No free will unless... 1 is false - there are n...

:lol: Speaking for myself, I don't want to be on any mailing list - yes, I might miss out on some good offers but I definitely won't be scammed! :grin...

Update Sentential logic 1. Dogs exist = D Categorical logic 1 becomes, 2. Some dogs are existent things Predicate logic 2 becomes, 3. (Ex)(Dx) = Somet...

You might as well; after all you're a good philosopher, it should be a piece of cake.

:blush: TheMadFool trapped; wishes wings he could've flapped. To flee the hunger and/or the greed; his body eaten/sold, his mind bought/freed. :grin:

If you're not pulling my chain, can you go study classical logics (sentential, categorical and predicate logics) and St. Anselm's ontological argument...

Update It appears that existence as a predicate results in a contradiction: Sentential logic 1. Dogs exist = D Categorical logic D becomes, 2. All dog...

:ok: Good points. I suppose when someone claims God exists, he means to say so in the sense that, say, dogs exist (in the physical plane) and not in t...

Sorry, I didn't quite get that. Here's how I see the issue. 1. Apples exist (A) = All apples are existent things. (S) 2. Apples don't exist (~A) = No ...

Good that you brought that issue -epistemic autonomy - up; it (epistemic autonomy) is, to me, basically the idea that one must reserve one's belief on...

Thanks to you and @"baker" for stressing on the God angle. I wonder if the issue I'm grappling with has anything to do with the ontological argument (...

I also wrote,

Why is that surprising?

How do you know what I'm trying to do? To understand the issue.

Not God, existence.

Not god, existence. Is it a valid predicate. Sentential logic 1. Apples exist 2. Apples don't exist 1 is the contradictorg of 2 Categorical logic 3. A...

Why? How is trying to get an idea of what it is that one's getting into "...the mark of a fool..."? How did the buddha discover buddhism and come to t...

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@"Wayfarer" How about meeting halfway. It's not that there's no luck, there is but it's part of karmic causality. . It's very much like saying there i...

Therein lies the rub. A true blue skeptic can haul in almost anything through that gap between truth and inference, one being doubts about consciousne...

I struggle to find a modern day equivalent for Plato's allegory of the cave? It seems it's necessary to come up with one - to bridge the roughly 2000 ...

How exactly?

:up: Now that I gave this some thought, I fully agree with you. The reason is this :point: fountain (Marcel Duchamp) https://youtu.be/Jq-1mp02pqY The ...

Simple answer: There are only a few economies that are at the top and a large number at the bottom. Those at the top need to stay ahead of the pack an...

Update There seems to be a problem with existence as a predicate. Sentential Logic 1. Apples exist = A 2. Apples don't exist = ~A A is the contradicto...

Thanks a ton for the links. They look interesting. This might be relevant :point: The point is for any proposition p, the positions that a person can ...

I thought as much. I needed someone to tell me that. :up: Methinks therein lies the rub. Existence isn't a legitimate predicate. So, in predicate logi...

Take the middle path. Two positions: 1. Everything is determined (karma). No! 2. Not Everything is determined (chance factor). No! What's the proposit...

I'm afraid your confidence in me is misplaced. I can say that, Predicate logic Where Dx = x is God, 9. G = God exists = Ex(Dx) 10. ~G = God doesn't ex...

Something odd about the middle path. I can't quite put my finger on it though. :up:

This post is a bit sloppy, sorry. 1. Wittgenstein has issues with ostensive definitions but, personally, I don't find anything amiss with this often e...

Thanks for reminding me of what I read, actually skimmed through, a coupla days ago. Unfortunately, I'm unable to recall the source. The "shut up and ...

Food for thought: Some things have no effect e.g. I push on a wall with all my strength (energy is consumed, force is applied) but the wall doesn't bu...

@"Banno" Playing along with Prof. Gillian Russell's general idea, The logical law of Logical Nihilism: All logical laws have exceptions (counterexampl...

Flip-flop! Make up your mind!