I disagree with the entirety of that post, so I'm not really sure where (or whether) to begin. Trying to stay close to the topic of the OP, I will not...
(Resurrecting an old thread) Yes, but isn't there a third option? Isn't it possible that someone's nose gets to be a bit too acute and they start noti...
One way to see the weakness of such a schema is by considering the artist and their artifact. For example, a sculptor might have a beautiful piece of ...
I think you must be using some very idiosyncratic definitions of 'name', 'thing', 'referent', 'real', and even 'exists'. 'Sherlock Holmes' is a name t...
I would say that vague terms facilitate poor reasoning and claims that are based largely on emotion, and that umbrella terms are vague terms. The key ...
I think this is a good example of a case where Kant really pales in comparison with Aristotle. Kant's divisions are very neat and tidy, but as a resul...
Certainly it is true that an inductive or abductive approach would not fulfill the canon of exhaustive predictability, but this only means that the st...
What's interesting to me is that addressing racism was not viewed as an end in itself, at least by the slaughterhouses. In that case addressing racism...
Great posts. :up: It seems like there are two models on offer, one which aims to benefit racial groups and another which aims to benefit class groups....
I think you are on the right track, but perhaps it would be instructive to examine your definitions of 'objectivity' and 'subjectivity': If a proposit...
You make some good points, and I think you are right to note that what works for a classroom discussion will be somewhat different from what works for...
In another thread I quoted Hadot to try to balance a one-sided understanding (link). An important thing to remember is that for Hadot praxis is no mor...
I was trying to understand whether these last few clauses were directed at Musk or those who would use a platform like Twitter. From what you say in t...
It's hard to disagree with that, but let me try. :razz: I should begin by saying that I think all of the recent attempts at "objective news" have fail...
This extension is excellent! The option to either partially or fully hide posts, and the option to hide topics are both very useful. I also like the i...
Thanks, and I agree that this is a great forum. Even the fact that I missed a day and now this thread has so many thoughtful replies is indicative of ...
Isn't this thread supposed to be a means to invalidating that interpretation, in which case the thread itself would serve as a partial mechanism for s...
Academic philosophers skew heavily towards atheism and the West has become more and more secular since the Enlightenment, so it is to be expected that...
The idea that only a select few are "capable of recognizing their own religion as a product of their upbringing" is anti-religious polemic. This shoul...
Okay, thanks for the clarification. May I ask a related question? I usually see the word "evangelism" used to mean something like, "an overly simplist...
That's not an argument, it's a cliché, just like your Santa Klaus cliché and your fairytale cliché. If your intent was to bring an end to boring relig...
The thread is nothing more than evangelistic propaganda. No arguments; just assertions which tell people what they should or should not believe. This ...
It sounds like you have an axe to grind, but given that your post contains no arguments and has no relation to philosophy, why post this sort of thing...
Thanks for your response, . I am enjoying your posts. Thanks too for your ignore extension. Echoing my elaboration post, what justification is require...
That's a whole 'nother level. I've never seen anything like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk24x1x3YI&pp=ygUga2VudCBuaXNoaW11cmEgbWFuIGluIHRoZSB...
I think these are different issues. For a libertarian, the difference between a human and a computer lies precisely in the fact that humans do possess...
Sure, that makes sense. So the idea is that an "unfixable problem" might have a solution, but that solution would fall outside of the competence of se...
Also included is the idea that without praxis, one's theory will be limited and stunted. Hadot thus points to a deep interrelation between the two in ...
Unfair in what sense? That was a minor suggestion, though. I realize the forum already fought just to get the ability to edit, so tinkering with that ...
There is an interesting book by Martin Laird that grew out of his dissertation. It is called Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith. I think it strik...
Interesting, can you say more? My math is rusty. According to Wikipedia the "infinite series" and the "iterative algorithm" are two different approach...
I wanted to offer some observations as a new member who has a lot of familiarity with different forum softwares. Take them for what they are worth. I ...
Hi Lucky. Where are these definitions coming from? I would say that what you label "True AI" is just intelligence, and that what you label "simulated ...
Elaborating on my first post... It seems to me that a core issue with respect to the "paradox of predictability" is the question of whether the Laplac...
I think the easiest way to have evidence for ' thesis is to admit that despite the ambiguities surrounding the concepts of relative and absolute, some...
Okay, that's helpful. So we are engaged in something like epidemiology? That makes sense. As I was thinking about it I concluded that a very crucial a...
The distinction does save the logical coherence of determinism in the short term, but at what price? Does it rise above the level of an ad hoc respons...
Compare: "If I had no knowledge of maths, I couldn't tell you anything more about than you have told me there." "If I didn't understand the words then...
But you do have knowledge of math, so why pretend otherwise? I chose to give the example in mathematical terms because I knew you had knowledge of mat...
Well let's try a third example just to be precise: x = 1 y = z + 1 The question is whether the value of y is more relative than the value of x; whethe...
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