Arcane Sandwich

I disagree, I considered it, and I arrived at the logical conclusion that this specific example that you quote is not indicative of the behavior you c...

That doesn't answer my question though.

Then don't debate with me. No one's forcing you. I disagree. Give me a specific example of such behavior on my part. With quotes. Sure. I'm allowed to...

So what? Materialism and scientism are not the only premises of my personal philosophy. One of my other premises is realism. So, I don't need to take ...

Who cares? There's no set that contains all of the other sets, and no one in their right mind would say that "sets exists" in the same sense that you ...

I don't know, maybe. But if so, then you're no longer doing mathematics, you're doing something else.

(spit to the side, now with a Yankee tone): That's an opinion, not a fact. So are you an Australian Realist, yes or no? You speak Australian English, ...

Exactly, that's what I'm saying. Math has to be objective and absolute. As in, it has to have rules, and if you break those rules, then you're not doi...

And the usual scientistic, materialistic retort to that is that if you perform an autopsy, and you open a stomach, you won't find the feeling of "I'm ...

Alright, let me phrase it like this then: consider a fraction, any fraction, I don't know, two fourths, for example: 2/4. You with me? Good, don't get...

I'm sorry, I don't want to be mean or rude to you in any way, but, does this somehow surprise you? At what point in the history of warfare was that no...

Hmmm... what a clever question. Are you sure that this isn't your first rodeo, partner? Let's see. (spit to the side) The question that you're asking,...

Alright, let me phrase it in communitarian terms, then, to speak your dialect for a moment. The only person (to my eyes, at least) that has attempted,...

Where are they, then? Are they under my table? Maybe some of them are there, I should check. Are they inside a box in my living room? Are they growing...

And here is the Bungean retort to your argument:

Hello @"ucarr" and @"Metaphysician Undercover", how are you? Mind if I jump in at this point? I'll just go for it, since I seem to be having the same ...

Well, look at it like this: there are people that believe that the Earth is flat. I find that far more surprising, if we're comparing what surprises u...

Hmmm... I don't know. However, I will say this: I've left enough "clues" throughout this Forum, since I joined a few days ago. If you look for them, y...

Yes, of course. I've been seeing it ever since you joined this Thread (without even saying hello, as I've already pointed out. You see, you are rude, ...

Perhaps, though a lot of people would say that Jesus would be a better example, or perhaps the samurai that dies by his own hand due to his dishonor, ...

Hmmm... Fair enough, what do you want me to explain, then? Do you want me to explain why I believe that the Ultimate Truth about Reality Itself is Heg...

That's a difficult question to answer, really, because it presupposes that the very concept of Hegel's Absolute Spirit is something that could be expl...

Hello again to everyone, Since it seems that no one other than myself is voting for the answer that @"Banno" offered as a response to the question of ...

Thank you very much @"javi2541997".

Thank you very much for your thoughtful response, @"fdrake".

Well, I'm not renowned, but I'm actively working in the area of the Metaphysics of Ordinary Objects, so that must count for something (I hope!).

Hi, @"fdrake", can I ask for some clarification here, please? That's a biblical phrase (it's John 14:2), specifically. What did you mean by that, when...

I don't know if I would describe myself as Pacifist, since I practice a sport that is technically considered a martial art (I do brazilian jiu jitsu, ...

Thanks, but I already have 3 Threads that I started, and I don't want to monopolize the main page with my presence. Perhaps if you began the Thread ab...

I'm looking at the wiki for Practical Ethics (1979), but I've noticed that Singer published another book before that one, titled Animal Liberation (19...

I'm trying! That is indeed one of the things that I have been working on for the past year and a half, more or less. To prove, logically, definitively...

100%, that is True. Sting theory for example, has very little (if any) evidence. Some specific aspect of the theory of the Big Bang are mere speculati...

Then you are quite simply wrong, I would say. Nothing personal, and nothing against the world of facts.

Is it? If it is under the rule of a Crown, even in a purely formal way, is it really an independent, sovereign country?

Thank you very much, @"kazan". In that case, I will say that it seems to me that it might be in Australia's best interest to declare its independence ...

There is no such "nature" of war, scientifically speaking. The best that such an idea has "going for it" is perhaps the Warrior Gene stuff, as in, the...

But there is currently an evolutionary explanation of epistemology underway, and of science more generally. For now it's just a research program in th...

But it's a very... "subtle" point, isn't it? If Aristotle is effectively talking about it as many times as you say, why isn't it more ... obvious? Hum...

Unless it is an exploratory investigation in the methodological sense, unlike an OP which represents another type of discussion, such as the pros and ...

I get all that (thanks for responding, BTW), but the part that I can't understand is the following one: if the concept of the active intellect is so i...

Well how nice of you, Bob. How genuinely nice of you to use the pronoun "They", in reference to me, as a signal that you are not taking for granted wh...

Ok, let's start with that. Let's make a better agenda. Agree? Don't mind if I just assume that you do, for the sake of expediency. Let's invent an age...

Like Wikipedia. Then I would explain it like so. Materialism is the black part of the Ying Yang, Idealism is the white part of the Ying Yang. Apply th...

Right. But I'm just stupid like that, mate. I mean, if that's how you want to phrase this talk, then I'll tell you that I'm just plain stupid. As in, ...

Then in that case, the ethical thing to do (or at least, aim to do) is to be merely wrong. It is possible for a citizen to be wrong, since they have t...

It's an admittedly strange book, in that it outlines a theory of the mind and the soul that is very remote from how we understand such topics from a m...

Hmmm... Do I agree with this? This is the part where it becomes a complicated discussion. Just for the record, no, I do not believe that materialism i...

OK, I can't leave this just like this. Let me invent an excuse for it (yep, 100% honesty mode right not). First of all, the syntax. It's not necessari...

I agree that this is a problem, comparable to reification. One should not absolutize what is not absolute to begin with, just as one should not "thing...

If you want to talk about Math & Music, then we need more musical concepts here. I would suggest incorporating rhythm, harmony and melody as mathemati...