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You did more than merely claim that I'm using a different definition. You claimed that I "merely define my "self" as something above and beyond my bod...

Woh, hold your horses. I merely questioned the relationship between desire, self, and causality. So you're attacking a straw man. Of course I can caus...

That looks like a false dilemma. The beliefs are mine, and they were caused, and caused most directly by something other than my decision to practice ...

I strongly disagree. If by "we", you mean the bleeding heart masses, then yes, you're right. But "rational"? That prioritisation has more to do with t...

Is this not analogous to what I said about reading an article in one of my prior comments? My beliefs can indeed be altered, and might be altered by m...

I'm not sure I'd say that because "my" desires (at least partially) determined my belief, that I (at least partially) determined my belief. In what se...

It certainly seems very clear to me that there are at least some beliefs that I did not choose. I became convinced of them, I remain convinced, and I ...

I thought Modbot was a real member when I first encountered her.

I have facetiositus: the frequent inability to control the impulse to treat serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour.

This is like a Copernican revolution. It blows Banno's goat theory out of the water.

Well, they're similar to fiction, and we could treat them as such, but they're not quite the same. All things being equal, Frodo, by virtue of being a...

I have split several comments from this discussion into a new discussion in the General Philosophy category: 'Depression, and it's philosophical impli...

No. I think that when people assert that the universe is meaningless, they tend to mean only that there is no inherent, objective meaning. I don't thi...

Thanks. I think that one would have to arrive at such a conclusion through a sound deductive argument - although I'm not sure what such an argument wo...

Does one have the ability to reverse an edit? If not, that'd be a useful feature. I just accidentally edited over one of my previous posts instead of ...

In light of the above Camus quote, one could interpret the second argument as follows: If God is such that only his existence can make the world ratio...

I edited out that comment about preaching to the choir, and have clarified. We don't completely disagree. We're both realists. But I think that your p...

Your assumption is mistaken. I'm well aware of the difference in meaning, and I'm aware that the former doesn't entail the latter. Whilst I agree with...

I agree with Michael's last post. I think that The Willow keeps fallaciously concluding independence from distinction.

What's wrong with that account? We speak certain sounds when we say the name of an object that we're indicating for some communicative purpose, and th...

You're welcome. I for one am planning to abandon the old forum altogether, provided things here either remain as good as they are, or improve. This pl...

Of course when I said that the coherency theory of truth doesn't exclude the possibility of having true statements about reality that don't reflect re...

Not quite. You've assumed quite a bit there, given that I merely said that I think that it's problematic. Like I said in my first post, realism is req...

Ok, so there are fictional characters too. But a fictional character can be boiled down to just words and ideas, can it not? That can't be done with a...

I'm not sure I understand what you mean or what it entails. I was going to ask you some questions in the hope of getting a better understanding, but I...

Ok, but what's the supposed significance of that point? I can use the words "dog" and "cat" to mean the same thing too. Big whoop.

Then we agree about that. It's weird that I agree with you about that, yet you said something completely different and contradictory that you're cling...

That's just your excuse for when you don't want to admit that you meant something different to what you said. But they clearly don't mean the same thi...

It's both true and trivial that we talk about the apples by talking (and understanding). But if nothing more is required, then the apples don't need t...

I conclude that you either don't mean what you stated or you're obviously mistaken.

I beat you to it. He said he'd check this place out.

Bring back Kant, I say. :D

I agree. Although the Kant icon doesn't bother me much.

But what is the conversation about? It's about the apples. And the apples are neither speech nor writing. You seem to be forgetting about gesture agai...

You mentioned NeubergCrowley twice. It's done. I've messaged 'em.

Meh, OK.

Er... how do I send a PM to multiple members at once? I must be doing it wrong.

OK. Will do.

Death Monkey impresses me with his depth of knowledge on scientific matters. As does SophistiCat. I'd love to see To Mega Therion, angslan, NeubergCro...

Realism is not required for reference to work; realism is required to give an account of reference that is more plausible than alternatives. It might ...

I did, but I was only jobless for about a week. I have a new job. I came back because I'm an addict. :D

"I found another philosophy forum" doesn't even come close to an ad. It'd be a terrible ad. I purposefully didn't mention the name of the site or link...

I'd love to continue to watch - and maybe participate some more in - the unfolding drama, but I need to sleep and work. Good night.

Ah. It doesn't seem to work on my mobile or PlayStation 4. I haven't tried it on the laptop.

In 'All Discussions', it doesn't show which discussion has come from which category. I'd like that to be added.

"Woo" is the sound that people make when watching fireworks. Although I'm an exception. I scream "Wachachachachaaaah!!!!!"

But Yahadreas didn't ask "Why should I be moral?". The title question is broader than that. The title question is "Why be moral", which could mean "Wh...

I agree that there's no practical difference in believing a moral fact to be true and it being true, and believing a moral fact to be true and it bein...

Demonstrating that something is the case will be more compelling to anyone capable of grasping it than some other means of persuasion. Without the fac...

Yes, but not just photos; it also contains various stolen belongings and discarded items: a family photo, a sock, an old toothbrush, etc. I put candle...