TheMadFool

The difference between "the mind is the brain" and "the mind reduces to the brain" is the same as that between pantheism and theism. That god is the u...

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Thanks for the tip. I don't follow what you're saying but I can make some sense of what tim wood is trying to get at. Please join the conversation if ...

First things first, are there are any differences between the mind and the brain? If the answer is no, then that would be "the mind is the brain". On ...

SEP = Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy The word "therefore" (1) suggests an argument i.e. there's a proof for the Godel sentence GF. However, the n...

Indeed! You're right. Godel sentence = G = There's a mathematical theorem, call it T, in a given axiomatic system A, such that T is unprovable/undecid...

Interesting approach. I guess it's the fastest and shortest route the the heart of the issue. Nice! A great way to look at the things - how intelligen...

This resonates at some level with the experiences I've had but the impossibility that I mentioned follows from the contradiction inherent in asking us...

My memory isn't what it used to be. I hope you'll find it in you to let some of my errors, slight and gross, slide on that score. To court harm, injur...

What "...should not be expressed..." has nothing to do with language and is more about stuff like respect, pity, love, goodwill, taboo, etc. For insta...

I wonder how big the global arms industry is. Many countries make a show of how peace-oriented their policies are but "discreetly" trade in weapons wh...

To be frank, I'm more than a little late to the party so to speak. All my time and energy are spent trying to understand problems, so you can forget a...

The drunk man always protests that he isn't drunk or that, in your case, someone else is "drunker" than him :joke:

Godel's Incompleteness Theorems I'm quitting the discussion. Thanks for your valuable comments.

What is your criterion for stupidity?

You said, That means, correct me if I'm wrong, given an axiomatic "theory" A, and Godel sentence G = the theorem T is true and unprovable in axiomatic...

To be frank, language does have the capability of self-reference. It just commented about itself in the preceding sentence. Your post and replies to t...

Look, I'm not a mathematician and so you may find my comments rather strange but there seems to be an issue with Godel's theorems that your reply to m...

You maybe right but you didn't answer my question. Why? Please reread your reply to my question and my response to it.

I'm not so sure but I don't think the problem has been solved. The Godel sentence, G = This theorem, T, is true but unprovable in the axiomatic system...

1. The theorem F1 is true AND the theorem F1 unprovable (Assume for reductio ad absurdum) 2. IF the theorem F1 is unprovable THEN we don't know the tr...

These wouldn't be limitations of language because language can't be used to discover its own limitations.

I've been trying to wrap my head around this for a long time and though I've read it being stated clearly as true I still don't understand how somethi...

I sense a paradox here. It would be rather difficult if not impossible to use language to comment on its own limitations. Isn't that like asking a per...

Maajid Nawaz Too, one of the aims of judicial punishment short of execution is to give criminals an opportunity to see the error of their ways and ref...

Reason, as per the prevailing wisdom in philosophical circles, is the faculty that ultimately decides proportion/appropriateness. If this sounds like ...

Former Fighters Embracing Peace (BBC)

I don't quite get the relevance of memory in the equation. Suppose this hapless person does remember every detail of faer horrific crimes and still tr...

"...good arguments often do not change minds". Thanks for the warning. I believe everyone knows that logic (argument) alone doesn't quite do the job o...

I say this is a "deep topic" because we have a question, "what moral/immoral actions can I, when alone, commit?" but it excludes the very essence of m...

I'm only surprised by the fact that a system (all matter and energy) governed by immutable laws gives rise to another subsystem (us and our morality) ...

They who "...aren't swayed by arguments" don't know what an argument is. The way a debate with arguments proceeds is, to my knowledge, all about what ...

In line with what I already said, the notion of morality is fully predicated on social existence; after all, morality is, at its core, how we treat an...

I thought "freedom" had a very specific definition. The freedom reportedly guaranteed or ensured by the state are in particular domains like religion ...

For better or worse, I feel I lack the "ability" to see supernatural phenomena - I just don't have it in me, you know, that particular mindset that I ...

The consensus seems to be that what can be perceived through our senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) is regarded as physical/material. Th...

Another paradox: The laws that govern the universe at the most basic level - physics - never changes (at least not up until now) i.e. exceptions to th...

I thought so too but then I read a couple of introductory books on logic.

Aah! You mean to say that "positive feelings" are not a good yardstick for morality. I agree for the reasons that you put forth. Americans may feel go...

We would all converge to a point (a set of ideas) but the cost of that is we'd be losing out on the richness of human thought.

All I'm saying is for moral relativism to be true, the word "morality" in America must mean the same thing as the word "morality" in Iran for instance...

I wanted to qualify the statement "don't take life too seriously" but I just left it as it was for effect. My point is those who complain about cognit...

I realize that but what's the point? The fact that memory is unreliable and also that there's no memory-independent corroboration available does nothi...

There's a name for this psychological condition - cognitive dissonance. The fact that one may feel sorry for an adversary who's made it faer life's pu...

:ok: I already told you, it would depend on how good my memory is. Supposing I possess a perfect memory, I would immediately recognize a sensation as ...

What I mean to convey is that it's possible that "good" and "bad" may refer to different concepts in different cultures i.e. morality may not be amena...

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That all depends on how good my memory is, right? I don't see the relevance though unless you're trying to go Wittgenstein on me. Private language?

I find the combination escapism and art to be packed with potential. The escapist is weary of the world - just too many things wrong with it - and the...

I maybe off track here but naming is not the same as describing. Certain aspects of consciousness though nameable can't be described. So, I may be abl...