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Have you read Soames' explanation for why Davidson's truth theory doesn't work?

I don't understand how that works, though. If I use sentences as truthbearers, I still have to take their meaning in context in order to meet realism'...

@"Nagase" Could you comment on whether realism requires propositions? Am I wrong about that?

Some would want to say that friendship is a bundle of physical things. A proposition is not. Propositions aren't usually put in quotes. When you do th...

A proposition is timeless. This is what you wanted to avoid the problem of there being truths during a time when there were no truthbearers. A proposi...

You're a wiki-Muslim.

American food is like dog food compared to what you guys eat. For real.

You're not a Muslim.

It's a fascinating and frustrating aspect of philosophy that no path leads to something complete. Every path has its unpalatable consequences, no matt...

The proposition is the abstract object.

You just end up with these eternal abstract objects, some if which are false.

P is the proposition that there were dinosaurs during the Triassic. Even if a sentence that expresses P was never uttered at any time, P would still b...

I think any fall-out shelter worth the name is going to have a massive stash of dried gourmet mushrooms.

Exactly! When the shit hits the fan, you and I will be standing shoulder to shoulder, joining forces to find the right path. Yay us!

Giant rugs so they can clean off their shoes.

Sure. And giant scrubbers.

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I stand corrected. We are not debating whether Trump is responsible for global warming. None of us are that deluded. Whew! We're just saying that it s...

And the center is not evil. Meeting in the middle is how democracy works. It's normal to get frustrated that things aren't the way they should be, but...

What Xtrix is saying is blatantly false. Trump is not responsible for climate change. This shouldn't even be a matter of debate.

So the goal isn't necessarily to convince anyone of the misinformation, it's just to generate debate which gives the impression that the matter isn't ...

Could you explain this a little more? So their goal is to just continuously pump out misinformation and stir up distrust? So, for instance, since we'v...

This is awesome advice.

I don't think this is true. Other countries don't fund military establishments sufficient to defend themselves. The US has unique problems. And Europe...

Yes. I completely agree with all of that.

I accidently ended up watching some CNN today. An analyst pointed out that a high percentage of Bernie supporters don't remember anything about the Co...

Anyway, if you aren't a Russian troll, you're basically doing the same kind of work.

You're useful? How so?

Lenin? My plan for this thread is to 1. Explore reasons for Russia's choices. 2. Share ideas on how to resist divisiveness. 3. Show examples of known ...

I've been searching for "how to identify a Russian troll." You fit the bill. You intentionally put up false information, which is line with Russia's h...

Why is he such an idiot? I was looking for info on how to spot intentional misinformation. But yes, fact checking helps.

Obama is among those warning that this isn't the time to go further into socialism than we've ever gone. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans o...

Yep. I think the main reason moderates are against Medicare-for-all is that they believe it's too dangerous. They think it will even undermine support...

Even if Bernie wins, it's going to be brokered. Obama and Pelosi are both warning that the words "Medicare for all" are likely to make Trump seem like...

So we know Bernie will get at least 30 percent of the votes. Bloomberg will get the 30 percent of moderates when Biden drops out. The question is: whi...

Found it: labor unions want to keep the benefits they've bargained for. That's the main reason moderate politicians backed off from it.

It's the 30 percent of Democrats I was asking about. I was hoping you'd have a thoughtful answer.

30 percent of Democrats are opposed to Medicare for all. I'm drawing a blank on why. Because it's not feasible? Because it's counter to American ideal...

@"Hanover" Why is medicare for all a bad idea?

The first American to "give" it was Benjamin Franklin, who edited Jefferson's Declaration of Independence to avoid pissing off the south while they we...

We're probably not going to have medicare for all, but is it a good idea? What's the argument against it? How about: we should be trying to simply fun...

Slavery cant be outlawed by sharia law. You're kind of clueless.

Actually you asserted that there are places where sharia law is used alone. You pointed to Saudi as an example. Slavery is illegal in Saudi, so that t...

The four main schools are all like that. No cleric needs to rule on it. The practice of codifying is a British intrusion. Why is this important to you...

I don't know what the age of ijtihad is, and I'm not a Muslim, so I dont really care how they do it. I just know that the predominant legal schools in...

Traditionally by way of ijtihad. I'm not too interested in debating it.

Sharia isn't the Koran or Hadiths. It's a practice. Codifying bypasses this practice.

They began codifying in 2010. See here

Saudi doesn't use sharia alone. ISIS, I'll take your word for it.

To be honest, you appear psychopathic to me. I'm not attacking or insulting you. You just do.