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That's your usual thing of blaming me instead of taking responsibility.
April 14, 2019 at 21:25
You seem very confused. The "also" makes no sense whatsoever there, and your interpretation is very poor. For some weird reason, you just decided to i...
April 14, 2019 at 21:20
No, you simply asked for an example, without explaining yourself properly, and now you're doing your usual thing of blaming me instead of taking respo...
April 14, 2019 at 21:01
No, you're just making a very basic error in confusing facts, what is the case, with knowledge, what is known to be the case. They become known facts ...
April 14, 2019 at 20:43
The fallacy is about applying the wrong criteria. It's a fallacy to argue that because lots of people believe that in ancient Greece, sculptures were ...
April 14, 2019 at 20:31
If that's all you wanted to talk about, then why didn't you make that clear sooner? Why waste both of our time like that? What the hell?
April 14, 2019 at 20:12
"No one" is the name of my cat. I was saying that she remembers you. But no one else does. Hello!
April 14, 2019 at 19:26
I've seen some pretty awful proposals of what truth is. Truth as honesty? No, that's a different sense, just use the word "honesty" for that. Truth as...
April 14, 2019 at 19:19
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April 14, 2019 at 18:51
This has gone from bemusing to annoying. I'm going to leave you and your silly language game be, as you aren't reasonably engaging when you say stuff ...
April 14, 2019 at 18:41
No, it very obviously doesn't. But you aren't good enough at logic to see that. Or, if that wasn't intended as a reply to me, then you should have bee...
April 14, 2019 at 18:36
So what? Describing in detail how I responded to what you wrote doesn't do anything, logically.
April 14, 2019 at 16:55
No one remembers you. But hello.
April 14, 2019 at 16:42
No, I'm responding to what you wrote. This is what you wrote: And this is my response:
April 14, 2019 at 16:39
Everyone who complains about me without having the guts to mention my name.
April 14, 2019 at 16:35
Don't lie. You were standing right behind him this whole time. You've been there for weeks. I should know. I've been standing right behind you for eve...
April 14, 2019 at 16:32
You didn't seem very interested when I gave you my definition of "horse" and validly drew a few logical consequences. You're doing the same thing with...
April 14, 2019 at 16:25
You don't properly understand what is and what is not an argumentum ad populum fallacy, so I dismiss what you say.
April 14, 2019 at 16:21
Banno's sense, otherwise you're just talking past him. And he could have hardly made it any clearer. He said: "That this text is written in English is...
April 14, 2019 at 16:19
I think I am. The problem seems to be that you're missing the point and leading me down the garden path. I'm not sure whether this is accidental or wh...
April 14, 2019 at 16:07
You're blaming him for your own mistaken assumption. Next time, if you're not sure, just seek clarification. Even though it was pretty obvious. He mea...
April 14, 2019 at 15:54
You don't need so much text to make the simple and uninteresting point that you're now redefining "fact" as memory. It's still problematic in the bigg...
April 14, 2019 at 15:41
It wouldn't be the first time I've given examples of this. It's true that Spain borders France, that one plus one equals two, and that Earth orbits th...
April 14, 2019 at 15:26
What part of what I originally said don't you understand? I don't have any "work" to do, because I don't need to provide an actual example. A hypothet...
April 14, 2019 at 12:10
I favour moral relativism because I judge that to be a better position than the alternatives, but I can switch between moral relativism and a position...
April 14, 2019 at 08:52
Yes, a hypothetical fact is not a fact. And missing the point is missing the point. Try again.
April 14, 2019 at 08:46
You must have arse for brains, since that is not necessary. A hypothetical unconfirmed fact is sufficient, and I already gave an example of that. That...
April 14, 2019 at 07:59
No, I haven't contradicted myself, you're just demonstrating once again that you don't pay close enough attention to what I say. I'm not a relativist,...
April 14, 2019 at 07:55
It could be that they got it, but just decided not to reply. Although I think that some people around here just aren't intelligent enough to distingui...
April 14, 2019 at 07:47
I find that weird, because that isn't truth, that's just treating as truth something which is not truth. It's a bit like treating a phone as a thing w...
April 14, 2019 at 07:40
It isn't. It doesn't need to be. A fact is a fact, regardless of confirmation. Confirmation is completely irrelevant.
April 14, 2019 at 07:26
I don't need a doctor. I am the doctor.
April 14, 2019 at 07:20
I'm not a relativist.
April 14, 2019 at 07:16
True, but it should be encouraged. We already have a topic and should stick to it. We have the ability to create separate discussions for a reason. Di...
April 14, 2019 at 02:52
Bare assertions about something controversial in philosophy is not an example of doing philosophy well. If you want to argue for moral objectivism, do...
April 14, 2019 at 02:39
It's possible that you're an abnormally intelligent octopus hidden away in a secret lab somewhere in Switzerland, but you're not. It would be silly to...
April 14, 2019 at 02:35
Nah, you can you google it or pick up how they should be used by paying attention to people like me. Or you can simply dismiss them as nonsense, but y...
April 14, 2019 at 02:31
Well, I'm not so naive.
April 14, 2019 at 02:28
I agree that morality is not the sort of thing that can be objective. Those who think that it is objective are moral objectivists, and I am not a mora...
April 14, 2019 at 02:23
They are two sets of terms with distinct meanings. Which set of terms is more appropriate to use will depend on the context. And we're supposed to be ...
April 14, 2019 at 02:14
Why unwarranted?
April 14, 2019 at 02:10
Even if what's objective is also universal, that doesn't mean that they don't have distinct meanings, nor does it mean that they mean anything other t...
April 14, 2019 at 02:08
No, motion is an illusion. Everything is appearance. :wink:
April 14, 2019 at 02:04
I think that we ought to use it with regards to what's objective, and if we interpret moral statements in that way, then they'll be false or unwarrant...
April 14, 2019 at 02:00
Yes, I agree with you that kicking puppies is wrong. You've just left me confused about your stance in meta-ethics, because I thought we disagreed.
April 14, 2019 at 01:54
Well it doesn't. The universal would be something along the lines of that which is true in all cases or believed by all. The objective would be someth...
April 14, 2019 at 01:50
So either you go by an account of moral truth in accordance with moral subjectivism or you just don't want to use the term "objectively". I thought it...
April 14, 2019 at 01:43
No, on the contrary, I have made the point before that they're no less important if they're subjective. My problem is that you have said things that s...
April 14, 2019 at 01:39
You shouldn't be, because there's still a problem, even though we can agree. It would be something along the lines of a fact that doesn't depend on an...
April 14, 2019 at 01:28
Philosophy is whatever I say it is, and truth is whatever I say it is. And everything else is whatever I say it is. Because I'm always right. Because ...
April 14, 2019 at 01:20