DanCoimbra

['Member']Joined: February 06, 2024 at 18:19Last active: February 05, 2026 at 17:34None discussions12 comments

Location: Brazil

Bio

Master's degree in analytical philosophy. Double major in philosophy and computer science. Professional AI/ML analyst.

Very interested in foundational issues in mathematics, logic, computability, physics, neuropsychology, and philosophy. Also very interested in (geo)political history.

Favourite Philosopher

Williamson, Dennett, Quine, Putnam, Burge, Maudlin, Huw Price, Suppes, Cartwright, Feferman, Krause, Maudlin, Ladyman, Andy Clark, Fodor, and others

Comments

In: Best Arguments for Physicalism — view comment

I was not jesting at all! Sorry, I had the mistaken memory that you had explicitly welcomed me, because this has happened too often (people here are v...

February 07, 2024 at 20:22

In: Best Arguments for Physicalism — view comment

Thanks for the walm welcome. Illusionism is indeed a hard sell. It is, however, at least conceivable that there could be cognitive machines (functiona...

February 07, 2024 at 19:46

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

It's fine, I can see you're a nice guy.

February 07, 2024 at 19:37

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

Hey, to you I'm just words on a screen, but I'm an actual person. Sorry if I misunderstood you, there are a lot of comments in this thread and I'm not...

February 07, 2024 at 19:35

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

Can you provide a formal criterion for what constitutes the size of an infinite set, beyond its cardinality? When taking about intervals in ?, the car...

February 07, 2024 at 19:32

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

Thanks for the welcome! As regards Wittgenstein's remark, we use finite statements to fixate reference on infinite objects and work out their properti...

February 07, 2024 at 18:00

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

One can talk about infinity conceptually, as one does in mathematics, without reference to its empirical verifiability. When it comes to the empirical...

February 07, 2024 at 13:14

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

Thanks for the warm welcome and the thoughtful reply What is the proper interpretation of the cosmological constant ?? I understand that it correspond...

February 07, 2024 at 13:10

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

Infinitiness and expansion are independent. The Universe could be infinite and expanding; finite and expanding; infinite and static; and finite and st...

February 07, 2024 at 12:39

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

It would not! Are you familiar with injective, surjective, and bijective functions? Suppose there are two sets of objects, A and B, whose size (cardin...

February 07, 2024 at 01:34

In: Best Arguments for Physicalism — view comment

It is not virtuous to be dismissive. I believe onlookers to our debate will agree. As with most age-old philosophical questions, any answer to the pro...

February 06, 2024 at 23:27

In: Best Arguments for Physicalism — view comment

Consciousness remains a mystery, for physicalists and non-physicalists alike. To support my claim, I will reframe the problem of consciousness in the ...

February 06, 2024 at 19:38

In: Proof that infinity does not come in different sizes — view comment

My view is that there might be no single concept of infinity. People talk about infinities using informal language, using mathematical language, and i...

February 06, 2024 at 19:09