No, I think that I could have left out the talk about the origins of language, and in hindsight, maybe I should have. What I'm trying to get at is dee...
Fine. As you would put it, I was "playing extremely fast and loose with 'invent', 'agree' etc.". Just as there's a bad way to interpret what Rousseau ...
You're sure that my acknowledgment that a number of comments on the last few pages, amongst those of pretty clear philosophical value, is actually an ...
No, you're definitely not unnecessary. On the contrary. You're too modest. Just look at Baden's comments. He said something along the lines that no on...
Let's look at some evidence, not that it will do any good, because they'll never admit they're wrong in any respect, which ironically they see as one ...
Makes sense to me. Why don't they just go with what makes sense and resolve the problem? I think I'm noticing a general link between problems and over...
If you begin a game of proper chess and you start moving the pieces in whichever ways you like, then you'll be disqualified. You aren't playing the ga...
It is a peculiar phenomenon known as thinking like a philosopher. It can be a symptom of ill health. Caution advised. Therapy may be necessary. Progno...
There's a scale of severity in getting things wrong, and that matters, as does how reversible it is. I suppose at least with a discussion closure, it'...
Anyway, it's not about the message it sends. Look, just imagine if it was me instead of Baden, because I suspect you may be biased here. You're tellin...
Big surprise there. So, what now, if I want to continue discussion of the philosophical topic in a way which would meet the approval of the likes of y...
I actually agree with this, even including my own shit, and so long as it is not the entire discussion or valuable comments of mine. And if it's just ...
This isn't about my personal character, though. I didn't ask, "Hey guys! What do you think of my personal character?". This is about abuse of power. I...
I never said that it was all philosophy. I'm not denying the off topic comments. Nevertheless, there was an ongoing worthwhile philosophical discussio...
I would like to hear from @"Janus" and @"ZhouBoTong" on that. They're less likely to be biased against me than others in that discussion. Also, @"Marc...
Practically all discussions here involve repetitive entrenchments of positions, insulting remarks, and bad jokes. You do this yourself. Especially the...
Okay, so you want me to spoonfeed you the answer. You could have just said that. I did it on purpose to show that I reject his funny way of speaking. ...
That's a brilliant first line of a first reply. In fact, the rest of your reply is pretty brilliant, too. :lol: :up: I wish more people here would una...
Do you understand that missing what I was purposefully doing there only reflects badly on you? Try thinking outside of the box. And this isn't a popul...
Oh noes. Please don't go. You make so much sense. Tell me more about how it is that rocks don't exist, and up is down, and the sea is the sky. I love ...
It would amount to acting in disconformity, and it would likely result in miscommunication, and it would have the kind of consequences which you inevi...
I refuse to talk in your funny way, with your funny distinction. Rocks are just rocks. That's all of them, so just pick any. That doesn't follow from ...
Just rocks. If you weren't suggesting that they magically change, then what was your point? They are what they are. I've told you what they are. No it...
If you can't recognise an extraordinary claim as an extraordinary claim, then you're extraordinary yourself. I don't believe that you're extraordinary...
Rocks. There isn't any valid logical connection between your first sentence and your question. Your first sentence is logically irrelevant. And you wo...
I don't know why you're saying it like that and talking as though you're not one yourself. And it's interesting how your drink snobbery matches your p...
Wait, you don't seriously deny that there are rules of chess, do you? If the analogy is apt, then there are rules. There are consequences for not foll...
It's like an unwritten rule. You hold your lighter up during slow songs at a concert. You either play along or you don't. You don't have to play chess...
That was a question, not an argument. I wanted to explore that avenue of thought. I don't doubt much of what you say there. Like I said in my other di...
Fine, whatever. I was just trying to set the scene. You seem to be taking it a bit too literally. Maybe it's not perfect. So language evolved or magic...
This is what you have a burden to demonstrate without begging the question (as you are wont to do). I have some questions for you. What do you think a...
If you're thinking of Kant here, then yes, he was great. But he is an obstacle, just like Hume was. Just as Kant saw Hume in this way, I see Kant in t...
At least you understand where I'm coming from, and accept that this can be a good thing. That's how you see it. The following is how I see it. Here's ...
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