It's certainly a protection in a different league. So I'm not saying you are wrong to trust it. How does that square with your policy of distrust? Som...
... unless you are a fraudster! What is true freedom? Total trust in everyone is idiotic. Total distrust of everyone makes life impossible. The trick ...
Are you saying that US law should apply in the UK? How is that not imperialism? Actuallly, it does They don't give details (no doubt for fear of being...
My statement there is badly written, I'm afraid. I'm relieved to hear that it is an issue. I'll have to read the article later, but the summary is int...
I'm afraid that although I understand the first sentence, I think. I cannot understand the second sentence unless I substitute "people" for "brains". ...
The idea of representative democracy is what differentiates modern democracies from the ancient Greek model. They were all run on the basis of citizen...
I think you've slipped up there. Isn't the idea of representation that the apes that get the office should as like the apes as home as possible? But y...
That's true. But I was also thinking of the political influence wealth can have indirectly, not by influencing politicians. Where does that new factor...
That's true. It's a consequence of freedom. Competition means winners and losers. Winners are in a stronger position to compete and tend to win more t...
You're right. I was confused. But it is quite simple. If you break British law in Britain and go home, Britain can sue in US courts for extradition, t...
OK. I think I've already pointed out my view that every foundation requires another, just because the question why is it so? is always available. So I...
Ouch! I didn't think of that. It certainly puts the project in a different perspective. And I suppose the idea of the cyclists pedalling along outside...
I think this comes down to the statistics. How many cyclists use the lanes? How many accidents are there? My prediction is that cyclists in bus lanes ...
Oh, I think a guarantee was exactly the point. But the twist is that goodness or virtue was thought of as inherent in the good man and could not be af...
OK. Sorry I misunderstood. I suspect that identity has always been a factor in politics. But it is true that debates these days seem to be mostly sing...
Yes, I'm afraid that when human beings find something they don't like in their environment, they prefer to remake the environment by eradicating the o...
I'm sure you're right. It's a good point even if it isn't Kripke's. I didn't realize there was a hidden code, but I'll know in future. Of course "isol...
I wouldn't want to comment on the government is Sao Paolo. But, in principle, because they don't go bankrupt (or not often - it does happen, though th...
I think you've got a point there. But I always thought that the critical factor was the hills. The Netherlands are flat or nearly so. I'm not sure abo...
Your pictures are powerful arguments. But I do wonder what went into making those changes, in particular, whether the benefits have gone to the people...
Well, what I was most interested in was the point that "and hence no way to get outside of language." has no determinate meaning. If that argument fai...
I agree with most of that. My impression is that he talks about practices, and never about discursive practices. Perhaps you are thinking of language ...
Islam is a missionary religion. It seeks to become the universal religion. The idea of the theocratic Caliphate is an aim that some fundamentalists ar...
Sorry, I think you are a bit confused. He can arrest and deport (i.e. send back home) US citizens who misbehave. The UK also has free speech, but bans...
The versions of Robinson Crusoe that I've seen have all failed to recognize that he does not have to learn any of the skills of West European society....
Ok. Thanks for coming back to me and providing the quotations. However, I understand what's going on here as Wittgenstein considering the idea that in...
Yes, I'm sure that is what Plato wanted us to draw from the Euthyphro. Though Euthyphro's account of his just action in prosecuting his father seems o...
Everything that I say here is from memory. I believe it is true, but it is worth checking in the encyclopedias. The story of his divine mission in Pla...
So he does. I had forgotten. I'll have to take it up with him directly. That's also a bit of a problem. I think part of what's confusing me is that th...
I read your discussion. I think I agree with it. It doesn't mention (or use) the word "intuition", so I'm no further forward in understanding how that...
I suppose so. But "act blindly" suggests that you think that it is possible for them not to act blindly, which I think is incompatible with Wittgenste...
Well, you seem to be accepting that the classics (or at least some of them) are a starting-point. For me, the best starting-point is whatever turns yo...
That is indeed a big problem. In practice, you will find yourself looking at the philosophical canon. Those books will at least make it much easier to...
I'm afraid I couldn't detect how what you said was a deconstruction. There must be something earlier that I missed or have forgotten. Can you explain ...
You both seem to me to have got this the wrong way round. You are positing the individual's interpretation of the rule as primary. But we can only int...
Well, I agree that people who intend to write stuff for publishing should learn how to write - and I don't mean just inscribing letters on paper. That...
I agree that things are different in the Middle East. But religion and state are also intertwined in the West. The relationship works differently, tha...
OK. I took it that you were referring to all the threads. Sorry. Are you sure it is not a fake? Taking the knee is not the same thing as burning down ...
I'm sorry. I wasn't clear enough about what I meant by "profit" and "positivity". Alignment doesn't, of itself, resolve anything. The issue is what al...
Of course, if you reject a key premiss of the argument, you will reject it, on the grounds that it is unsound, rather than invalid. I get that. But I ...
I know what you mean. You seem to be very fond of the practical in life. So am I. Sometimes. But here I'm interested in the philosophical implications...
I'm not sure what 4EA approaches are, but I'm fully in sympathy with the recognition that everything interacts. It is perfectly clear that the brain i...
If one accepts the interpretation of what it is to know something implicit in this claim, you are right. But trivially so. I see this as a variation o...
I started on this caper two years ago. I've found that there is some fun and instruction to be found, provided one understands how the game is played ...
Well, the idea of interactive binary and contradictory oppositions is fairly familiar. Is it descended from the idea of dialectic? Are you saying that...
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