The "argument" for banning inconsistencies is what in logic is known as argumentum ad consequentiam (appeal to consequences). Note it's a fallacy What...
I'm reading this elementary textbook on math. The only way one can determine the persistence of a pattern i.e. know that a pattern you discovered will...
In that case (if you agree with what I said) ethics can't be about its function in our lives i.e. it isn't a tool per se, like a knife whose design ca...
I share your sentiments OP. I'm tired of arguing about those matters you metioned in your OP in re ethics - I'm increasingly persuaded that they're a ...
Emmy Noether's work on mathematical symmetry (doesn't look like she's talking about mirror symmetry) became the basis for (derivation of) the conserva...
Consistency alone is inadequate. Random propositions, even those patently false, devoid of any inferential connection can be consistent (vide infra). ...
According to the teacher-pupil duo Socrates & Plato Philosopher + Pay = Sophist I hear being considered a sophist is the last thing a philosopher want...
That would be too much! Oui? This effect, that law. However, credit must be given where it's due. I actually like remembering named fallacies/effects/...
Persistence vs. Continuity. Even if persistence fails, there's continuity whether recorded in some book/memory or not. The young boy, the brave soldie...
@"creativesoul". Jack's mistaken belief that the clock is working when it actually isn't doesn't imply that beliefs are nonpropositional. Am I missing...
On point. We (seem to) have the means to mount a global movement on climate. Nevertheless things look better only by comparison; perhaps there's still...
@"Banno" I think what others are trying to say is true, your images show change with change in distance, but can change in distance take place without...
You're looking at it from an energy perspective. The 1st law of thermodynamics: energy can neither be created nor destroyed (the law of conservation o...
Has humanity achieved self-actualization? If it has and if it will the next stage is transcendence (the tip of the Maslow's pyramid). Are we to become...
Now that I think of it, it's actually the other way round. We had/have free will (our ancestors were inefficiency personified - expending more energy ...
A knife is not you, you can hurt/kill with a knife. You can hurt/kill with your body (punch/kick/with a weapon). So, you are not your body. Your body ...
Truth is I can't seem to be able to wrap my head around: 1. The fact that you're using propositions to, in a way, denounce propositions: (some) belief...
How many people are actually being killed by Covid-19? Many emergency and law enforcement personnel are being taken out of commission so to speak by t...
Start/beginning and finish/ending: Kairos (ordinal time, we'll start our meeting at 6:00 PM, the meeting ended at 7:00 PM) Middle: Chronos (cardinal t...
Ergo, Incomprehensibilis The comprehension paradox. Both the simple(st) and the (most) complex are beyond comprehension. Understanding, like most thin...
https://youtu.be/m39hrtLJSOk WARNING! Contains flashing images (A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed ...
The wisdom paradox. The young need wisdom, they don't have it. The old have wisdom, they don't need it. We need to put the young and old in the same r...
I took this short course on so-called SuperLearning and it recommends that we translate (key) words into pictures/images. It seems that we remember pi...
If it's the thought that counts, there's no need to translate that into action i.e. it's rather extravagant to do good, oui? So, again, why (do we) do...
The universe is mathematical (Max Tegmark et al) simply means that if you mathematize the universe, it becomes comprehensible. What does it mean, math...
A philosopher was a theologian and is on the verge of morphing into a scientist. Funny, I always wanted to be a scientist until I realized I didn't ha...
Question: Why do objects fall to the ground and the moon revolve around the earth? Answer (Newton): Objects with mass exert a force (called gravity) o...
Something like that. It takes brains to be good because we're designed to be bad; so we have to come up with ingenious workarounds for the problem of ...
We haven't made as much progress as we thought in the ethics department have we? Our desire to act (only) on the matter of global warming is driven by...
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