What's odd is, people, including scientists treat Einstein's theory of relativity as the most astounding work of math and physics since Newton 3 centu...
Oh! So we're on a similar if not the same "wavelength". Glad to know that. I feel I'm in good company. :up: Resonance! I hear ya! Here's the deal! If ...
You might be interested in the following quotes: Both, it seems, were referring to the fact that quarks, the smallest units of matter, behave like mat...
That sucks! For me that is. Anyhow, what about my explanation for the family resemblance phenomenon is "wrong-headed"? What's your take on it? Why do ...
Thanks for bringing up the issue of animal language. Come to think of it, Wittgenstein is more than just relevant here, he's super-relevant ( :grin: )...
The question then is, is math discovered or invented? One of the reasons why some, like Gödel I suppose, believe math is discovered is how math seems ...
But you ask the impossible! To make a choice, one must exist. That precludes choosing nonexistence! However, ignoring the antinomy, if such were possi...
Great question! Options to make sense must be numerically greater than 1. No options is about the number 1. So, if you see on a menu, vanilla or choco...
No point discussing words that are no use, right? I don't get why you open up a new bottle of wine when you haven't finished the already open one, fig...
I've given the matter of language acquisition and animal communicatiom some thought but, luckily or not, I lack the wherewithal to conduct a proper in...
It seems there are two ways of looking at misuse of language: 1. In the context of a language game (Wittgenstein): So, a word X means different things...
Huh? If there were such a thing as misuse of language, the word "game" (Wittgenstein's favorite) couldn't be applies to chess, battle simulations (war...
Even for someone like me, with basic training in math and logic, this makes sense. This is intriguing to say the least. Reminds me of this: Reject (a ...
Indeed, Wittgenstein was an aeronautical engineer. I completely forgot about his background in engineering and his relationship with Bertrand Russell....
I hope the forum adds the posts download feature soon. Thanks to all those who've commented and tried to lend a helping hand. I'll try out the few sug...
You must understand what it must be like as a philosopher which Wittgenstein was to come to the realization, discover, that people have been misusing,...
@"Banno" I'll try and explain this again as I've gained some more insights into the issue (Wittgenstein's language game theory). We must make a distin...
:chin: How so? My explanation is able to account, albeit only in a simple way, for the linguistic entity Wittgenstein calls family resemblance. In fac...
My humble apologies. I know you're a Wittgenstein fanboy and it might please you to know this thread was written with you in mind. You, however, haven...
Context matters in re ambiguity i.e. a given word has more than one distinct meaning e.g. "beam" in the two different contexts, one structural enginee...
A touching tale of a child's boundless curiosity and how it, in question form, tests the limits/boundaries of so-called adult (grown-up) views, knowle...
Why? Cheshire is saying exactly what you're saying - language games are real and so is family resemblance. However, as I explained, this isn't so. Fam...
:up: Great article! Well written! So we've both hit upon the same idea (AND replaced by OR in definitions), I'm honored, but you remain unconvinced th...
:up: I was just wondering about so-called perpetual motion machines. People, including the best of scientists, seem obsessed about actual perpetual mo...
Aristole & Newton Puzzle A very astute person, sorry I forgot faer name, once posted a comment to the effect that we could develop formulae for motion...
I had an inkling of that but I'm not sure how CO2 can form without O2 coming first? :chin: Interesting nonetheless. I had to ignore some truths like t...
Environmentalism is the position that what we think is use (of the planet's resources) is actually abuse, this grave state of affairs compounded by th...
I pray that if I had to be to be born then let it be that I'm born 1. Without eyes so that I won't be able to see prey. 2. Without ears so that I won'...
Christian's use! Jains say it's abuse! (Kudos to Indians, all 3,832,190,623 of them!) Let's compromise: use but don't abuse! For nuance let's use but ...
Can you please summarize all of these books in one or two sentences? E.g. 1. Daodejing: The way to live is to know how to die! :chin: This is just my ...
If I read you correctly, your intent seems to be to not make the mistake of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. A commendable sentiment by all a...
Pain & suffering, their antipodes, joy & happiness, are the core elements of some moral theories. They constitute the grounds, I now realize, for the ...
Metaethics is the study of morality in terms of not specific theories like utilitarianism or deontology but instead delves into the very nature of mor...
Fantabulous! Risk though is part of life. Everything involves some degree of risk and if one is completely risk-averse, one would be like this :point:...
@"Jack Cummins" Courting Evil "Mr. Black! Firstly, On 15th July 1999, at 4:30 PM, you aided an old lady cross the street and not only that you carried...
Au contraire, I've changed my position on how complex things are, it's rather very simple. The ego does two things simultaneously - avoid annihilation...
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