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No, I wouldn't exactly compare it to a parlour game. Not quite that kind of pretence. It's not so explicit. The problem is a state of mind which leads...

Then what's the relevance of it? How does it relate to your assertion?

Let's assume that I do so you can get to the point.

I don't know why you're having trouble following the exchange. I was referring to your assertion that one who doesn't know or believe that cars can ex...

Oh the irony. My criticism was in response to your bare assertion. Why can't I meet your assertion with a counter-assertion? And you're the one doing ...

That's a fail. You said "always". One instance is not always.

Irrelevant point. Yes, I know that you didn't mean for it to be about that. But my point is about your point, and my point makes mention of unreasonab...

Can you show me where he claimed or implied that it always makes sense to add "-ed" as a suffix to a noun? Looks like a strawman to me. You're overcon...

Yes, it is, if you find that kind of thing interesting. Of course, that wasn't a genuine example, but an example of my smartasrsery. And it can still ...

I think you're confusing me with someone else. I don't. Don't pretend that it doesn't end up in their best interest, in light of the consequences, in ...

That's not arbitrary at all. It's parallel in law would be mitigating factors.

Where are you getting that from? And what's the relevance to what was said in the quote that you were replying to? The point, as I understood it, was ...

With a good understanding of animal behaviour and cognition. Not saying I have that, but the better the knowledge, the better the discrimination. To s...

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Hunky oath malice. Can you work it out? :nerd: Answer: Thank you, Michael.

My hardest Easter was the Easter when I told "your" children that I'm their real father, because of my commitment to the truth; and afterwards, when I...

From a different discussion: See? We're not so different, you and I. Would you like to add, "What's an idea?", and, "What do atheists have in common?"...

Yes they can. What makes you think that? It just wouldn't be reasonable, at least if you mean the belief that they won't under any circumstance. Belie...

And that's another problem with behaviourism.

Your personal torturer?

A problem with this discussion, in my opinion, is that people have been saying stuff like this, not explicitly directed at anyone in particular, witho...

I think that this is the something about it that is right within behaviourism. The only problem is the exceptions. My belief that Mars is the fourth p...

Sorry creative, but frank won that debate. You're trivially correct that "belief" is a noun, not a verb. But frank is correct that if John had belief,...

So annoying, irritating, and/or frustrating.

When he referred to the action of believing, I interpreted that as the cognitive action of becoming convinced. To believe is to become, or to have bec...

True, but pedantic. I gave it a more charitable reading. I doubt he meant to exclude belief-that.

Well, I agree with the following: Belief has to have an object just like knowledge always does. Knowledge is always of something. Belief is always in ...

Anyone who can read and has half a brain will be able to compare the two and note the difference, whether that's the difference between my question an...

That's a pretty good reply, in contrast to some pretty awful replies that this discussion has attracted. You know who you are, so take note. I can sor...

Then perhaps I misunderstood. When you said that it's always deeper than you think, I took you to be suggesting that there can be no exception, that i...

Take that, China!

Not people. You, in particular. I am confident that there are others with the ability to see what you do not.

Now there's a surprise.

Psst, call it a toilet. I dare ya. :snicker:

And here we have the pretence that my question was, "Do some people become pretentious?". Or perhaps it's just a misunderstanding. Despite the similar...

But that's evasive. The question is about what's possible, given that what you said excluded the possibility of exception; and it's specifically about...

I'm not so certain, but I'm still trying to think up counterexamples. Maybe you're onto something, but how significant is it? Is anyone actually claim...

That's part of grammar, though.

What's your criterion for what makes sense? Grammar? And what is it to be the object of belief? Must it be limited to what would render the sentence g...

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Less so since you turned up. You're quite a spicy hedgehog. Not as bland as some of the other inhabitants.

:snicker: Face it, you only piped up in here to get personal and disrupt the discussion.

Yes, and don't forget that I'm known for my seriousness. I have never been one for playfulness or comic irony.

And here's another one. It's almost as though that was coordinated. Anyone else? I know, I'll join in myself. Sapientia, you have such effrontery! You...

No. You can see what I said, and that wasn't it. The word "aver" - interesting choice, by the way - is synonymous with "assert". If you had've used th...

Is it true that the moon does not exist if nobody is looking at it? Realists 1 - Idealists 0.

That's a very loaded "if". Superior doesn't equate to sufficient. I'm not completely satisfied. Also, philosophy and philosophers can be interesting, ...

I'll masturbate in the marketplace.

Found one! :party: