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I think the inter-relatedness of beliefs is a manifestation of logic. Or that's not quite right. I want to say that it actually is logic. What is logi...

I think language and possibly cultural symbols are like a musical instrument that's inherited. I think that what I am is basically like a theme album ...

It would be standard to consider attention to body sensations as an example of introspection.

That would come under the heading of introspection. Did you not read the SEP article Banno posted?

I would vote for Trump 2020, but I can't get past the way he flirts with racists. Isn't Finland already part of Russia? Kind of like Idaho is part of ...

Octupi will be the next big thing. Our limbs come out of our torsos with our heads dangling as a bulby appendage. Octupi are the opposite. Eight limbs...

Does anyone experience the birth of a belief? If one were to examine a particular belief wouldn't one find it bound to a sea of inter-related beliefs?

I love Canada.

True. I don't know how multilateralism would be possible right now.

Baby superpowers usually do screw up a lot in their early years. Historical fact. The UN was our idea. It didn't really work out. Turns out these thin...

Man, just leave me alone ok?

Maybe so. I'll look at it again.

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Ok.

It's possible to be out of touch with one's feelings or beliefs. That's not unusual.

Say I'm asked why I believe the earth is a sphere. I dont want to seem irrational. I want to have a good reason. I'll try to seem smart and explain so...

I think Russia is pretty well set in the natural resource department. I'm not sure why they would want much more than Central Europe. But true about C...

Just being honest. Would you rather I lie? So you see conflict with Russia eventually if Europe falls. Where does China fit in this possible future?

Couldn't care less. Just pretend I know the history of the 20th Century. Russia isn't going to try to invade the US.

How do you see it impacting the US? I'm sure the US will be happy to sell arms to both sides, but beyond that, how would it be our problem? I'm asking...

Wouldn't an invasion of Lithuania be Europe's problem?

Exactly. The global economy is like an ecosystem that developed organically over decades. Trump wants to force a retrogression. A time machine is what...

It kind of looks like the Scots are worshipping that balloon.

No, they showed that people aren't good at explaining their mental states, for instance explaining why they're angry, via introspection. The researche...

The researchers you referenced don't join you in that doubt. But philosophy is the Land of Doubt. In regards to your assertion that you are experienci...

Argument from illusion?

Woe, did anybody see that info about Russia's interference with Philandro Castile protests? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/06/26/us...

Strangely, American soybean farmers are standing by Trump even though some of them will probably go out of business due to tariffs. That's some powerf...

Condemnation of slavery to sexual desire has been an aspect of Christianity since its early days. Some scholars say it was an attack on the Roman syst...

The research you mentioned doesn't deny access to mental content through introspection: I think my argument about assertion has more bite than you thi...

We're all going to be worm food before too long. Enjoy the blue sky while you can.

I'll indict a feta/spinach omelet. Verdict: guilty. Sentence: death by chewing.

:)

Do split brain experiments show falsity? Or conflict? Conflict is a good thing as long the corpus callosum is intact so as to allow reconciliation. I ...

I don't know about mediocre, but its definitely a sort of soap opera.

For the most part we don't care about the hate. Its nothing new. Same spew different year.

I'm going to have to think on that. I dont want to give a quick crappy answer.

The tax cut and the trade war are both worrisome policies. That gets buried under the id-spew on the internet. Real people are better at discussing it...

Instrumentalists are antirealists. That's about all I have in common with them.

Me too.

Trump is very popular in the UK. That's our boy!

Imagine a circle. There's no way to tell the points that make up the circle apart. They're each the same distance from the center. But now we place an...

The second sentence doesn't follow from the first. Some linguistic rules are obviously social entities. But children learn to speak in avalanche fashi...

The volitional behavior of a human stands apart from that of other creatures in that it can proceed from reasoned reflection of a more sophisticated v...

What they have in common is that they are both known purely because of their effects. Why would you think that cause and effect are identical in one c...

I hadn't heard of instrumentalism. Are you for or against it?

The earth's electromagnetic field consists in the deflection of radiation, the movement of compass needles, and the creation of magnetic rocks. ... if...

So Trump paid some Russian prostitutes to pee on a bed that Mr and Mrs Obama had slept in. So this has all been a personal vendetta?

I guess you're saying that out of all the women he had sex with he only truly loved one of them? Which one and why do you think that?

Who?