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Carlo Roosen

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That is kind, but why do you think that? I am very happy with this conversation.
October 04, 2024 at 15:40
I modified the text, it was not fair
October 04, 2024 at 15:36
Who started saying that we cannot talk about things? I see no problem.
October 04, 2024 at 15:32
Ok, maybe that was a weak move. Let me try to write it down in a few words. Conceptual reality is in our minds. It is fragmented, it has a notion of t...
October 04, 2024 at 15:27
I'll follow "I like sushi" 's advice and leave it at this.
October 04, 2024 at 15:00
I fully agree with what is written there so I don't see the issue you have.
October 04, 2024 at 14:57
Why not? Be careful for doctrines. If anybody said that, they must refer to something they have understood by own experience or insight. Do not go whe...
October 04, 2024 at 14:55
I don't think that is true. Fundamental reality is a concept to point to the fact that the real nature of things cannot be understood conceptually. We...
October 04, 2024 at 14:43
Haha, you are ahead of what is coming. Image (c) Carlo Roosen
October 04, 2024 at 14:33
I agree, and tnx for the solid advice!
October 04, 2024 at 12:55
That is only because terms are confused. Kant sort of denies the conceptual reality. According to him the real thing we cannot understand, leaving us ...
October 04, 2024 at 12:37
why not both? If I understand these words correctly, they both agree with what I try to say. Plus it is a lot shorter. To me it seems there we must st...
October 04, 2024 at 12:32
yes that is what I mean to say too.
October 04, 2024 at 12:28
And yet, there is something there. Because when we know there is a duck there, we can do all kinds of experiments and involve other people to prove th...
October 04, 2024 at 12:23
I absolutely do not mean the word "duck" against the real duck. The problem is, the mind always and automatically applies one layer of abstraction. In...
October 04, 2024 at 12:19
I will, but later. Or google "Babelspeak". There is not much there, but I'll update it.
October 04, 2024 at 12:09
Not a problem but I can't follow you. While I believe I do understand what Kant is saying, when I read it I say "yes, yes" every sentence. To me it fe...
October 04, 2024 at 12:06
I have difficulty understanding what you are saying. It seems to me you are addressing the problem solely through reasoning. You might say, that is wh...
October 04, 2024 at 12:02
It is quite possible to speak of things that you don't know. Language doesn't have a problem. The "unknown" you can speak of, just as "future", "surpr...
October 04, 2024 at 11:44
because that is how Kant defines it. If we can understand it, we give it a name, and then it is part of conceptual reality. Yet we find that every tim...
October 04, 2024 at 10:44
First, that picture is genius! I see the letter F and E ! To answer your question: that is something we simply have to accept that our mind is incapab...
October 04, 2024 at 10:40
Yes, I definitely mean more than this. What I am trying to do is to break the topic up in different chunks. If you like the overall topic and want to ...
October 04, 2024 at 10:31
Maybe my above answer to MoK answers your question too?
October 04, 2024 at 10:16
You are absolutely right, we don't know how we think. We have two perspectives on the matter, one is our own experience of thinking, the other is our ...
October 04, 2024 at 10:13
But that is also conceptual reality! As soon we have words, it is a concept.
October 04, 2024 at 09:19
Nice. I want to add one thing. I think this paradox you mention is partly solved by the "one way system" I mentioned. When you know what you are looki...
October 04, 2024 at 09:14
Why are you so cynical? Take a cookie.
October 04, 2024 at 08:34
But if we would listen to Kant, he says we cannot understand fundamental reality. Our conceptual thinking is unable to go there. Nobody listens. Inste...
October 04, 2024 at 08:21
Without humans inventing the letters E and F, how can there be these letters in fundamental reality? Only when you know what you are looking for, you ...
October 04, 2024 at 08:11
Could you please contribute to the topic instead of just venting your opinions about what you think I think of my ideas? If you are interested in more...
October 04, 2024 at 08:01
True, but that is still conceptual reality. It makes it more apparent that fundamental reality is of a different make and cannot be understood. One co...
October 04, 2024 at 05:33
I like the humor, but actually, I fully agree with Kant. I only commented on the other philosophers who make it more difficult than it is.
October 04, 2024 at 05:29
Too funny: And thanks for the welcome. As for the business, I don't see the difference in what I say and what you say. With the cookies in a certain c...
October 03, 2024 at 16:56