Agent Smith

Interesting!

You lucky bastard! Is that what you expect as a reply?

Questions: 1. Does the truth of a proposition p require a proof (of p)? In other words does p imply there is a proof of p? What is the purpose of a pr...

I saw it on TikTok. I guess it's an old clip but then it looked like the video had been taken by a camera phone and TikTok's, how old?, 3 years? :chin...

Never mind. :up: Merci beaucoup!

:ok: On point (not a 100% sure though). That implies whatever statement Gödel is talking about, it isn't knowledge. What's going on?

You're joking, right? What does it say then? If I believe p (B) and p is true (T) but have no justification (no J), do I have knowledge?

The OP makes me think of the reverse situation. Women want equality but that means a man doesn't need to get up and give his seat to a woman standing ...

:up: I seem to have made the rookie mistake even veteran philosophers (love to) make. Sweeping generalizations. Hilary Putnam says something to the ef...

Gödel & Gettier According to the JTB theory of knowledge, 1. If p is true then, there is proof of p (justification is necessary for truth) 2. If there...

I like that! It resonates with where I am in life. Thanks.

JTB Theory of Knowledge & Gödel For a proposition p, 1. If p is true then, there is a proof of p which means 2. If there is no proof of p then, p is f...

Yes, that's precisely what led me to this topic. Why is the default truth value for a proposition false? Is it though? Atheism? That seems to be linke...

:chin: T = This statement does not appear in The Book. T can't be in The Book because then it would contradict itself. :ok: If T is not in The Book th...

It means you're f**ked! :grin:

That's a relief!

Strawman I think but, given the circumstances, so what?

That's what I know about Gödel's incompleteness theorems.

About Gödel Gödel claims that given an axiom set A, there are true propositions (say p) that are true but not provable in A. So, p is true but the que...

You underestimate yourself! Perhaps I overestimate Erdös.

:scream: You're Paul Erdös!

:sad: I was hoping for more than that. Can't have it all, right?

Ah! So, "there is no good reason to believe in god" implies atheism but it doesn't imply "there is no god"? :chin: There are brands of atheism consist...

Update Suppose we start off with an axiom set A. We write The Book containing every true proposition that are supported in A. Take a proposition p. It...

Yes, I'm talking about a book, The Book that contains proofs of even nonmathematical true propositions from other disciplines. Consider my The Book to...

This is how I suspect religion refuses to die despite overwhelming odds: Young people are recruited easily as they're impressionable. Those who do thi...

According to JTB theory, the truth of a proposition is independent of its justification (hence both J and T are conditions). That only happens in indu...

Everybody knows the truth, it's just that it's taking a helluva long time to accept it. People are in denial.

Brain is a noun. Mind is a verb. They aren't identical but they're related - what the brain does is the mind. Functionalism?

Time for me to bow out. Have a nice day. See ya around James Riley. :smile:

:ok: Freedom, brand America! :up: I'm afraid the quote that follows applies to Americans as well. That sucks!

:up: Nevertheless, I see it as a duty to help those who can't think for themsleves and that includes those who don't understand the implications of th...

This may be a sour grapes kinda thing for me but choice is overrated. What's the point in being able to choose when you make all the bad choices? I'm ...

It's none of our business? Men (if we are men that is) are supposed to take an active part in the family: share the burden and not leave everything fo...

Indeed, we do see colors, hear sounds, feel pain. You speak as if these are distinguishing features of a nonphysical mind. Let's see what the next cou...

Why would you say that? You give me the impression that you're man and whatever sex/gender I may be, I've never personally undergone an abortion. In s...

I concur with the OP. Symbolization, which a word is, is always an extra layer added to the symbols themselves unless...we're mistaken or haven't yet ...

Good question. Suppose that statement is false/a half-truth like so many fake Buddha quotes doing the rounds on the www, what, in your opnion, is the ...

Good point but the nonphysicalist has to admit s/he can't explain qualia in nonphysical terms and now we're in neti neti territory, Where do we go fro...

So, the domain of discourse isn't truth. Are we then discussing utility? Something else perhaps? Made-up worlds which we've constructed from scratch -...

That doesn't make it false.

As far as I know, the nonphysicalist claims that qualia can't be explained physically. Well then, can it be explained nonphysically? It's a simple que...

:lol: :up: We're all a bunch of underseving lucky/unlucky bastards & bitches.

Fairness? If the physicalist must explain qualia in physical terms, so too must the nonphysicalist in nonphysical terms.

:up: Arigato gozaimasu, sensei! :grin:

At least the OP doesn't find the idealism-optimism cocktail annoying (yet). S/he'll get there (in no time if I'm anywhere near the truth). In your def...

Petitio principii. You're assuming a fetus is a parasite. What my thought experiment is supposed to demonstrate is: For a person out to get you, 1. Yo...

Please read my reply to James Riley above.

Yes. I thought you'd understand without me saying so that you'd made a good point. The pro-life camp largely consists of Christians I'm told, from the...

:ok: Bookmarked the linked article for later.