Oh yeah, I've just seen this: NBC News - Poll: The Popular Candidates Aren't the Ones Leading the Pack. How'd that work out? Doesn't seen very democra...
What you're calling an "idea" isn't an idea in the ordinary or Humean sense. Which raises the question of what you call an actual idea. If you have it...
How does this relate back to my comment? I didn't say that Hume's theory of perception - more specifically, The Copy Principle - is without shortcomin...
If you don't remember, then I suggest you go back through the discussion. I know what quoting out of context means, and I stand by my charge and its a...
Clinton, more as an anti-Trump tactic than anything else. I'd vote for Bernie if I could. I don't know anything about this Kasich guy. Is he less evil...
Well, similar dubious and unpopular trade deals have been prevented from going ahead in the past, so there's a likelihood that history will repeat its...
If you're referring to the fact that I haven't yet replied to your posts, then I'm sorry it seems that way. I was planning on getting around to it, al...
Thanks for the links, but that isn't doing what I said. You've not shown that they meet the conditions I spoke of. Do you expect me to do the work for...
No, it's not a red herring at all. It's a fitting assessment. It's not in the least bit plausible that you could have overlooked my arguments against ...
Don't you remember my earlier comments rejecting precisely this notion that you brought up? I compared it to a production line in a factory. No, I cer...
Correct. It's part of one that you've taken out of context. Well fucking done. You're making some assumptions about my position that might constitute ...
Again with the exaggeration and appeals to emotion. Oh noes! Chaos, strife, pain, suffering, misery, deprivation, disaster! Yep, that's a fair way to ...
The "most" part is arguable, but even if true, it's cherry picked and its significance exaggerated. It only seems that way to some, and it seems other...
No. Firstly, it's not about whether some people will or won't be dissuaded. It's about whether they should or shouldn't be. But it's about more than j...
Then, again, you're not talking about instrumentality, but rather, judging by the rest of your post and by other posts of yours, a particular emotiona...
I know that more than consent would be required. I was just expressing my approval, or rather indifference, to such things occurring or being permitte...
Then please go ahead and do so, or link to a post in which you think you've done so. But remember that for your argument to be strong enough to stand ...
Sure, but within reason. I don't have any objections to the examples you gave. There is an implication - whether intended or otherwise - in the way in...
Well, that depends on what you mean by "god". If so, then I agree. But as an atheist, I tend to leave the squabbling over what properties or plans God...
Typical. My comments never get picked, but flawed comments like the one that you quoted do. I suppose it does have a ring to it, if you think that tha...
That's nonsense, since it fails to account for at least two very important factors: capacity and consequence. Firstly, if someone is not capable of li...
If you're suggesting that I've committed a fallacious appeal to the majority, then you're mistaken. What I was getting at is that the testimony of all...
If you mean simply that there are countless means and ends in life, and that once one ends, another inevitably arises, then yes, that is true. But I d...
If God exists, he exists in a world that is pretty absurd. So that rules out the existence of a certain kind of God. It would definitely rule out any ...
You can use that same reasoning to argue that we should let other people have children, and let those children live their lives unaffected by the acti...
I'm glad that you acknowledge the subjectivity of it, but I suspect that you go further than I would with the appropriation part. I would say that som...
I don't agree with that second paragraph if you're suggesting that it's necessarily true and/or true of every case and would (or would likely) be true...
It's quite simple, really. In a hypothetical future scenario, someone is born and experiences valuable things out of life. This scenario can become an...
I didn't. I said "IF such-and-such and bla-de-bla" because I'm tired of repeating myself. You've predictably filled that part in however you like, rat...
Yes, but that's obviously not the condition - or not the only condition - I had in mind, so your reply is either an ignoratio elenchi or a straw man. ...
No, it isn't. On the contrary, the opposite is irrational. It's rational to make a claim that can demonstrably be justified. Whether or not one choose...
That's not entirely true. Anyway, I think a debate/discussion about the Humean points I raised in response to some of your claims would be worth pursu...
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