TheMadFool

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Any examples that cause problems for the JTB theory of knowledge?

:ok: Violation of what I call the proportio divina rule: The conclusion is not proportionate to the premises. Correct conclusion: That (the waving clo...

For me, Nietzsche's amor fati is a call to reconfigure our attitude towards life/reality as there really is nothing we can do to alter our circumstanc...

Change begs the question A familiar example of "change": An (unripe) green banana becomes a (ripe) yellow banana. Unripe/green banana has changed to a...

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P = Aliens exist. There's a proposition but I don't know if P or ~P because I don't have proof (justification).

Vulnerable means, in my book, to be deprived of all means of escape/relief - there's nothing you can do (amor fati) and so :grin: and bear it!

Perhaps... In 1D, points are an issue since they're zero dimensional. How can any number of nothings (points) add up to something ( length)? In 2D and...

I didn't want to rain on the OPs parade, plus there's a grain of truth in his post (foils/enhancers are a time-tested plot device). I don't mean to gi...

How does a robotic hand catch thrown objects? My hunch is it uses Newtonian mechanics, the formulae therein, to do a superfast calculation of an objec...

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I'm with you on the mind being just what the brain does (physicalism), but, this is where we diverge, I'm persuaded to believe that the mind can be tr...

There seems to be two ways of approaching the issue: i) Armchair philosophy: A priori way. Just sit there in your favorite chair and see if the mind m...

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Hi RussellA. Sorry for being so bold as to intrude upon your careful thoughts on the matter. If you ask me, humor consists of patterns and off the top...

Do you mind? Does it matter? I think mind = matter, at least in the two preceding questions. The puzzle can be solved by looking at the other words vi...

Premise indicator words: because, since, for the reason that, after all, etc. Conclusion indicator words: Hence, ergo, therefore, thus, for that reaso...

OP, you're absolutely right. Vide List of best-selling books. . Satan/The Devil/Lucifer/The Deceiver as the arch-villain. Lord Voldemort/Tom Marvolo R...

Relevant ideas: 1. Domino Effect 2. Chain Reaction 3. Slippery slope 4. Camel's nose

The I has to be unique. In the real world, there are many Jack Cumminses but in TPF, there's only ONE :point: YOU! An aside: Our world cannot be a sim...

Causality is complex 1. Necessary cause 2. Sufficient cause 3. Proximate cause 4. Remote cause 5. Contributory cause That's all I can recall off the t...

Compare the above quote which implies that reality and our picture of reality may not correspond in order that we may live long enough, in evolutionar...

Good question. What could humanists consider so valuable that, if really forced to, they would become radicalized? See? People need to be pushed into ...

:chin: It has come to this. Some countries are in such bad shape that they need to be led by gangsters. Who knows whether that's not true of "genuine"...

I cited an example :point: José Mujica, a counterexample to my claim that politics is dirty. However, I wasn't committing a sweeping generalization fa...

Space is an aspect of the real world that's closest to nothing. Some people describe a sense of liberation when they're in the wide plains of the step...

I think you're taking it just a tad bit too far. Good post nonetheless.

Why? I think your impression of what I said reflects the peculiarities of your own worldview. So the choices are grin and bear it or gamble your life ...

:grin: It's an open secret, huh?

José Mujica. Do you know any other people you who are like him?

Update You're a farmer. Scenario 1: You see what looks like a cow (it's a cloth waving in the breeze). You say to yourself "there's a cow in my field....

The 2nd law of thermodyanmics admits of/allows for entropy to reduce. There's a non-zero chance, even if vanishingly small, that all the matter in the...

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Intellectual Property Rights? :chin: After 30 or so years, the stipulated shelf life of an idea, when it's been milked dry, every penny squeezed out o...

I hope to but not anytime soon. By the way, IF the JTB definition is going to be tinkered around with in the way you describe, sure you're on target.

I don't think philosophy is done that way. We can't/shouldn't employ substandard definitions. We need clear-cut concepts.

Hi Jack. Some say the I is imaginary like i = \sqrt{-1} but then something extraordinary happens: the imaginary I has to realize that it's imaginary (...

What is Gettier's definition of "justification"? I'm curious.

Please read above.

To All Justification is just another word for argument. A deductive argument is such that if it's valid and the premises are true (sound argument), th...

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This is unjustified. We've already crossed that bridge.

Don't sweat it.

Gimme an example of a false belief that's justified. Inductive arguments are not allowed.

I change my mind.

I guess the right way to claim knowledge is to put an "if" before it. IF all my assumptions are true then P is true.

Not justified. An assumption - the calculator is working - was false.

The standard response to that would be a presupposition was wrong. Gettier isn't right still. I'm not justified.

Justification is not sufficient for truth but I have a feeling that it's a necessary condition. Oh! Gödel.