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When am I ever wrong? (Don't answer that!). :lol: True.

Hume took this to the logical extreme, and concluded that it's just habit.

Ah, okay. Well, personally, I now think that it would be best if the comments on that topic were removed from the Shoutbox, except perhaps those more ...

You are a good Samaritan, Tiff.

Why are we having this discussion here in the Shoutbox, instead of in the actual discussion? Who made that call, and what was he thinking? It seems to...

I'll take the sensible middle ground between you two, and say that it's obviously wrong to say that it's an invented propaganda word, but it's not nec...

Lol, I just rushed to see whether a book I had was by Roger Scruton. It wasn't.

I suppose it was more of a related point to do with knowledge. I was just trying to think how we could know that theory to be true, and test out how i...

Funny, but also sadly true.

Can you explain how you'd be justified in claiming that you know that God doesn't exist, under the strongest possible conception of God? That would be...

I have sass running through my veins. :lol:

You can be surprisingly perceptive at times.

Yeah, it's a shame. You don't have to take sides to see the problems in that discussion. And I don't think that the responsibility for these problems ...

Are you suggesting that that's what he was doing? That wasn't contained in what you quoted. Where are you getting that from?

Haha. Have you been following the "Morality" discussion lately? Can you translate that? No.

That's a really bad attitude: trying to shut out those who are critical and labeling them as "spoilers". This is a philosophy forum. You really do not...

Because he cares about philosophy! Maybe, just maybe, he cares about how we should be doing philosophy. Maybe questioning how many angels can dance on...

Indeed, and we need more people speaking out about this sort of thing, not less.

Tell us about it then. Then we can actually make some headway. It's not like you've suddenly lost your ability to describe things. How absurd.

Exactamundo.

Kind of like what you just did. I'm not sure you've fully thought this through. You mentioned talk of supernatural, yet you call responses about paran...

Kind of like what you just did.

Except that, in practice, you don't, so you're just deceiving yourself. You're merely choosing as an example a judgement which, in reality, you don't ...

Aaaaaaah! No! Stop being nice. You're supposed to call me a jerk or a troll like the others do. I'm a villain, don't ya know? Your meaning of "spirit"...

As ever.

Yes, that's it. That nicely sums up what seems to be going on here.

No, they seem to be of the emotional and psychological "world", but plenty of people wishfully think them to be otherworldly. It's not so different fr...

Yes, spirit exists. And so does shplerm. Shplerm, like spirit, is an empty label which basically means whatever you want it to mean. We could look to ...

No, no, no. You give him too much credit. He didn't even make that qualification. You know, it's the ones we all have. There's not a single person out...

Yeah, but it can be overcome with strength of will and psychological resilience.

And Wolfee. Remember him? Loveable little chap. Bit bitey though.

Bullseye! And that whole line of reasoning collapses.

That's what he has objected to expressing either at all, or only unless it meets his approval. (Of course, when he does it, it's okay). It's shut up o...

:lol:

Yes, it seems so. And I reject that, being influenced in my thinking on such matters by Hume. And Russell himself made a point in agreement with Hume:...

But the substance, as I explained, and which you're now making me repeat (ironically) is that I gave an example of what I somewhat loosely referred to...

You're no different. In practice, it is no different. So what you're saying doesn't work as a criticism. Give me an example of a moral judgement of yo...

:brow: Maybe one day you'll get it. Keep trying. :up:

Why, thou sayest well. I do now remember a saying, 'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.'

Ok, Mr. Troll.

Ah yes, I forgot. I'm the only troll around here. All of the other trolls are in fact just decent law abiding citizens. You, for example, would never ...

"These new clothes look wonderful!" exclaimed the emperor. And then a child called out from the crowd, "But he's wearing nothing at all!". And Tim Woo...

I'm so glad you're around. You restore my sanity.

Or perhaps to stoke the fire.

Fine, I'm talking about Gertrude, then. And that's a really lame response to a complaint about something considered detrimental to the quality of the ...

You should get a cat.

I knew you had an appreciation for humour!

I find satisfaction in humour, and mockery is a form of humour. If you don't, then I don't really get you. I have thick enough skin to laugh at being ...

I don't know, but it was funny.

Uuuuh, errrr, should I quit smoking or shouldn't I? Ohhh, ummmm, it's such a hard decision. Won't someone please help me? Ahhhh, what to do? Life is h...