Arcane Sandwich

They wouldn't (they wouldn't be justified). But some people would still believe it. A lot of people believe in God, and they have no good reason for i...

It's just a sketch for now. I will edit the OP when this discussion advances a bit. You know what? I might just edit it right now. It's gonna take me ...

The best joke about Australia that I heard is that Australia is just British Texas. I guess Argentina would just be Spanish Texas then, or something l...

Let me help you out with a few tips on etiquette, @"Bob Ross". Now, you are of course free do to whatever you want, these are just some recommendation...

I think that one might coherently say that oysters have an identity, sure. They have something that makes them oysters and not stones, for example. Pe...

I think so, yes. Because we're the ones calling them "oysters", they don't call themselves that. They can't. But a stone can't call itself a stone eit...

None taken. Does one have to know or understand something to believe in it? If one does not have good reasons to believe that X exist, does that mean ...

The use of hypotheses is not exclusive to science. Philosophers can utilize hypotheses as well. Philosophers don't need to have justified true beliefs...

Es muy extraño, si. A mi una que me dejó pensando una vez, es la siguiente: ¿Qué palabra rima con "reloj"? Creo que ninguna. A lo sumo, la palabra "bo...

In that case, I will offer a different example: I have never seen my own heart, but that doesn't mean that I don't have one. An oyster cannot know wha...

Claro, Hispanoamérica incluye todos los países que hablan Español (es decir, Castellano), por eso no incluye a Brasil (porque ahí hablan portugués). T...

They don't. But just because an entity cannot know much (i.e., oysters), that doesn't mean that it doesn't have certain features, which it cannot know...

Hola @"javi2541997", muchas gracias por tu respuesta. Hay algo que debo destacar respecto del Inglés y del Castellano, creo que lo habrás notado en al...

I'll just suppose, if only for the sake of argument, that this is our point of disagreement, @"Bob Ross". I'm not saying that it is, I'm just imaginin...

I don't understand, you lost me here. Is there an inminent outside threat to Suomi (Finland)?

I got kicked out of another forum for making a very light-hearted joke about Swedes. The joke that I said was: "Between Sweden, Norway and Finland, Sw...

@"Wayfarer" https://youtu.be/JB7jSFeVz1U?si=r56dX3JI1H9Jlz2X

Tomorrow's News will be like: "Is it Ethical for an Australian man to punch a Roo in the face if the roo in question is attempting what can only be de...

Hmmm... well, you see, here's where I personally disagree with you (I'm not attacking you, BTW). Here's what I'm saying about that: mereological nihil...

Ok Bob, let's say that's fair (I don't know if it is, but let's just pretend for a moment). I'll try to be more charitable to you, since you're making...

So what are you asking me, @"Janus"? If your solution is the right answer to the question in the OP? Because there's also @"Banno"'s proposed solution...

Right but then if it's plain old oddness that you want to talk about, I'd say that Mathematical Platonism in general is far more odd than Mathematical...

But you say that in a very perplexed way, and I'll I'm saying is that it's not that perplexing. What would be the perplexing "thing" about it? The pos...

In that case no, there is no such thing (not to my mind, at least). I'll give you three examples why not: 1) From an ordinary point of view (the POV o...

Because the concept of factiality is a difficult one to understand, since Meillassoux never explained what he means when he speaks of "the speculative...

Fair enough, I'll have to stop by the Spanish section of the Forum, then : )

Hi Bob, thanks for your contributions to this Thread, they will be recognized in the edited version of the OP once we're done with the discussion thro...

Está bien, buen hombre, entiendo su punto. Y se lo concedo. De hecho, yo mismo lo dije antes que usted. El Reino de Castilla y Aragón, en tanto concep...

Thanks, @"ToothyMaw". If there's any music video by any band that you would like to share, that has anything to "bring to the table" in terms of philo...

Most people don't even recognize it, is what I'm saying. Or they have conspiratorial, deluded thoughts about what the military as an institution actua...

I expect an answer, @"javi2541997". And I'll add one more difficulty: your answer has to be related, in some way, to Australian politics. Or don't ans...

Well, there is one possible solution, among other possible solutions: what I call "continentalism". Continentalism is the "highest stage" of nationali...

Hmmm... But Spain was always a multi-national peninsula, is what they would say in response to that. The most obvious example is the Basque Country. B...

Exactly. That is the correct answer. You can then add more recent metaphysical theory to that, for example Object-Oriented Ontology, also known as OOO...

Yes. The ordinary folk should not be deceived, in any way. It would be immoral to do so.

I accept a version of non-dualism (I accept several versions of non-dualism, actually), yet I disagree that there is some substance (if by that, you m...

Hi @"Bob Ross", welcome back, glad to see that you haven't given up on this Thread. We (as in, Meillassoux's typical readers) honestly don't know. I d...

Sure. And you're right. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, generally have no actual influence in efficient matters. Except for Lady Di, also kn...

Thanks, I'll need it. The luck, that is. Hmmm... do I agree with this? It sounds like a reasonable thing to say, but I should test it to accurately qu...

Hey, could be. Why not?

That's actually really good advice. I'll try to do that. Thanks.

Australia has the moral responsability to declare its independence from the rule of a Crown, if only for the simple reason that the existence of monar...

Thank you very much, fdrake.

Hmmm...

I agree with the conclusion of that argument, really. We cannot eat oysters as they are in themselves. That is true. I only wish the premises were tru...

Yes, I choose this option of the dilemma that you are presenting me. I already gave you a link to the dictionary definition for the word "factiality"....

The Absolute, as I understand it, is what is ontologically greater than subject and objects. It is better than them, in some sense of the term. It is ...

Hi @"fdrake", How are you? Would it be possible for you to explain to me, a non-mathematician, what that means, to mathematicians? I don't understand ...

But the question of the OP literally asks if they exist in a "Platonistic" (sic) Platonic way.

Tomorrow's Newspaper will say "Newsflash: Up next, we'll take a look at why some Australians don't believe in reality, and -according them- neither sh...