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But different phenomenal states can - and, in at least some cases, do - result in different experiences. Right? Even if the external set up for the ex...

There is social Darwinism, and how it was/is used. Much like there is communism, and how it was/is used. Let's not conflate the two. I am not well-rea...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DyN0jeusRFE :victory:

Why are some of these replies so wordy? It only takes a single counterexample to refute the claim. Does anyone here dispute my counterexample?

No, we're not, and your subsequent statement contradicts this, as worded. You're just not being clear with your meaning. You mean that we are equal in...

No, I'm not. There are hidden premises and I'm not committed to that conclusion. It may well be wrong. I'm just pointing out that they're different, t...

Yes, but you're still confusing them with what they're not, more specifically other animals, like chickens or pigs. I wouldn't treat humans like we do...

Jump up and down. If you're thinking, "No, why should I?", then you should be able to relate. It means greater or superior, as you and I both know.

Yes, "shm-" sounds better. Every time I see that title, it annoys me that it isn't: "Predicates, Shmedicates".

Damn work ethic. Shakes fist. Do you know, we had eleven staff off sick in a single day recently? Eleven. :razz:

I really don't wanna go to work. FML. When are they going to replace us with robots? But then I might be out of a job, which would be worse. Although,...

You call that a wing? I've seen better wings on a dodo. Zing? Word of The Day: Zing The new term for owned, said after saying something witty to someo...

Yes, the answer is simple. ( :gasp: ) Some people are better than others in certain respects. E.g. Usain Bolt is better than me at sprinting the 100 m...

Yes, that does sound silly. It's a silly interpretation. Anyone can do that. It's easy. Look: "Are you trying to tell me that common usage has nothing...

No, of course not. But that's beside the point, which you've missed or are evading. Why is it that there are so few people here who can keep track of ...

Sending my hope that he'll pull through.

1. The animals under consideration already exist. So your point about not being brought into existence makes no sense in relation to them. And if your...

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So, it is claimed that the predicate is not doing any work insofar as it is a predicate, but is instead only doing work insofar as it is a linguistic ...

So, he doesn't dispense with predicates in any meaningful way, as far as I can make out - in spite of putting some effort into trying to see the signi...

You really are scraping the bottom of the barrel to make your point. Just type it into google. You have to look harder to find your meaning. It's typi...

I know, right!

No, no, you just need to look a little deeper. Try again in another ten years. But don't think too hard! Here, look at this smoke, and at these mirror...

Oh, I've been exchanging your secrets for crack, and Timeline is in possession of a lot of crack. You should be more careful about what you let slip i...

You're a real hoot. :grin:

Tu-whit tu-whoo...

Right, that's it, you're going on my shitlist. :shade: Hmm.

And I love hating you, creative. :heart:

Didn't mean to suggest otherwise. S'all good. I appreciate the distraction. It was indeed tiring. Could you tell? :grin:

The shit list? Or, alternatively, the list of examples which would include those contained in my opening post. Maybe your list would look different, b...

I'm with you so far, I find it agreeable, I don't have any problem with it, and I don't think that it poses any problem for my stance. I just don't qu...

Your problem is that - and I say it again, though you'll probably ignore it again - resemblance is not equivalence, and different categories are not t...

No, it doesn't, and I've explained why. If you want to disregard that explanation, ignore the subtext, and misinterpret what I'm saying, then be my gu...

Yes, anyone can misinterpret what I'm saying. That's not unique to you. This exchange is boring. I predict that you're just going to purposefully keep...

You can emphasise and deemphasise all you like. You're still wrong. Resemblance is not equivalence. You're making a category error.

What? Would you have it any other way? That A) a fact is a belief, and B) a belief is not a belief? You're just misinterpreting it, I suspect. Why els...

No, there's only one incomplete sentence: the last one. And I think that it's fairly clear that the, "It", at the beginning of that sentence refers to...

If you can get me the time off work, pay for my flights, provide me with accommodation for my stay, then... ...no. Just send me the wine.

Whatever. You're wrong either way, so it's no biggie. John believes that the cat is on the mat. But that the cat is on the mat is not John's belief. H...

Sure, that's easy. It's equivocation: equivocation between what's believed and the belief itself. Or, put differently, the object of belief and the be...

Yes. :party:

Go for it and we'll see.

But I don't need to say what it is to say what it's not. Maybe I don't have a committed stance on what it is. Maybe it's a proposition. But it's not a...

A pony. But, in the context of this discussion, I would like you to repeat yourself less, and instead put your energy into actually addressing what I'...

It's not so hard when you're as wise as me. :grin:

:roll: Okay, let's go around in circles! Your turn!

Once again, you're a funny guy. Evidently, I'm better at keeping track of what you say than you are: Let's take it from here, and bear in mind my exam...

God, you're difficult. Forget it, chappy.

Okay, now I know that you've avoided my example of the triangle, given that I brought it to your attention. What does, "A triangle is a plane figure w...

Once again, that's different from your original claim. Tell me whether or not this is what you're getting at. I suspect that there might be a misunder...