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Why?

I don't think neuroscience is too far past speculation about how perception works, but that's how I would think about it: 'ask a scientist.'

What's going on?

I generally do spit on people who aren't as happy as I am, but I can't spit very far and it just lands on my t-shirt and then I'm sad.

I love that line

I think Isaac would tell us that the sound of a fan becomes bound up with a model that causes anticipation of a fan. Does that just push the problem d...

We don't alter basic logic to fit data. Quantum theory isn't doing that.

https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs

They would have to provide proof to avoid being fired.

To assert realism implies an understanding of anti-realism.

A doctor's note is sufficient for exemption. Religious exemptions don't require any evidence. That's why it's become the strategy of choice.

It doesn't work that way. There is no "case" for realism in everyday experience. Realism is a purely philosophical thesis outside that orbit. So no, t...

I think we could just deflate talk of unknown truths. People who speak of 'searching for the truth' aren't committing to unspoken propositions hanging...

Doesn't Davidson use truth conditions as meaning? If you jettison that, can you still use Davidson to avoid propositions? And if not, are you prepared...

To avoid being fired for failure to get vaccinated, people claim religious exemptions. Lawyers will have to go through the exemptions and rule on them...

It boils down to whether you can accept 1) humanity having a central role in what we call real, and 2) your own perception having a creative role. Acc...

Yes. The US.

So, are you saying there is a noumenon? Or that there isn't?

https://www.tasteofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cottoncandygrapes.jpg?w=1200 Cotton Candy grapes are another production of California's The Gra...

No.

I think Carnap walked it back from dogma to a just a proposal for shaping scientific language.

I posted a video to the shoutbox a while back that showed a few physicists talking about Popper. The consensus seemed to be that, with all due respect...

Hope he's ok.

Here's a P that isn't verifiable: Pressure=volume x temperature It's not verifiable because we would have to have a time machine to cruise through rea...

If so, it's undercutting itself because that isn't verifiable.

Dummett style verificationism also allows us to talk about unknown truths. It just says it's meaningless to talk about truth regarding the unverifiabl...

Carnap's verificationism was a proposal for structuring the language of science to highlight public observation and avoid 'wearisome controversy.' It'...

I just checked mine. It's queued up to play some movie.

The next video should be about aboriginal dot painting. Then one on the plight of coffee growers. Then one on the origin of the word "Idaho" They shou...

My grocery store has started selling produce they would normally throw away. It's not rotten, it's just a little wilted or bruised. All grocery store ...

He was one of the greatest movie directors of the 20th Century.

Per Nagase, Davidson isn't inherently realist. It's compatible with both realism and anti-realism. The only advantage is that it allows you to avoid c...

What happened?

What does it mean to pass moral judgement on the Koran? That kind of judgment is for human actions, not books, right?

This reminds me of an episode of One Punch Man.

Scientific sense? The fluid dynamics of Heraclitus' stream are discovered, not built as with a ship.

Why false?

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That's actually not an ad hom. If you pretend not to understand a common English word, expect some joking. So things are interpreted, but no one ever ...

I don't know of any. I hope we get a break from it now.

Well we've established you aren't fluent in English. What language do you want it in?

No mistake. Ask anyone competent in English.

I think so. It was supposed to peak mid-October, but it's dropping off now. There's always the next variant, though. :sad:

"Interpreted" implies the act of interpretation. The object of that action is assumed to be something not yet interpreted. It's a logical consequence ...

The delta wave is waning. You probably only have a week's worth of mileage left.

You mean where you live? It's not a false hope here.

The same problem applies to the material stuff. It's also an interpretation that implies the uninterpreted. What is the uninterpreted? That's a very o...

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In the US you can sue for wrongful termination. Any large employer has guidelines for firing to protect against lawsuits.

The banks would rather give people time to recover than end up with a glut of foreclosures, so they take the initiative to connect people with the var...