Of course. What a sound thing to say. Brilliant, I would say. I'm not trying to be funny here, I believe in good common sense myself. Absolutely. I ag...
Hmmm... Do I agree with this? I'm not sure. It sounds reasonable and easy to understand, but I "feel like" something's missing from the picture. I cou...
Hello, kind folk, do you mind if I jump in? I'll cut straight to the point: I believe in good common sense. Is it perfect? No. But other than science,...
Note to Self: Well the irony here, of course, is that such way of speaking sounds "non-human", if that's even a thing. But if it is, then it would hav...
@"Banno" Free Logic is not the only option. You can keep classical logic while tracing a distinction (as Bunge does) between real existence and concep...
@"Banno" That's what Quine thought, that "to be, is to be the value of a bound variable". But physical objects existed before logic (propositional, fi...
I can imagine Frodo walking into Mordor. I can imagine the number Pi (up to a certain point). Is there a small, barefooted humanoid in the world, walk...
@"Banno" I just think that mathematical fictionalism, as articulated by Bunge, can withstand Austin's philosophical and linguistic analysis of the wor...
@"Banno" I don't agree with Austin's diagnosis. I think it makes sense to distinguish "real x" from "non real x", it depends on what "x" is, in each s...
That may well be the case. That may well be the case, as well. But then I have another follow-up question. There are four apples on the table. I claim...
True, that's an excellent point. I agree. I'm not sure. The adjective "real", as far as I'm concerned, has an external referent: it refers to the qual...
I'll mind, I'll take that bet. I think you have an excellent point when you say that "objective idealism" is a contradiction in terms. Plato would not...
OK. I can understand that (I think?). It's something that I can agree with, if only for the sake of argument. Numbers are real, and they're not materi...
I think I understand. It's like objective idealism, in some sense. But I'm just having a hard time trying to wrap my head around the underlying concep...
Hmmm... I guess my question is, if I agree or disagree with Mathematical Platonism, is it an all or nothing deal? I mean, does it make sense to say th...
@"Banno" But that's kinda my point, there's no "ordinary" object that one can pinpoint to have a more "common sense picture" of what the imaginary num...
Speaking from a purely personal POV, I think that Natural numbers might objectively exist, and perhaps Real numbers as well. But when you get to stuff...
Hi, can I jump in here? I'll just go for it, apologies if I'm intruding. I'd like to quote a passage from the book After Finitude, by Quentin Meillass...
Where it gets really tricky is in the ethics department, because Fairy Tales are supposed to teach you a lesson. For example, in Little Red Riding Hoo...
Hi, can I jump in? I'll just go for it. In my opinion, what you folks are discussing here, is the problem known in the world of Fantasy literature as ...
Ok, let me see if I can get this Thread back on track. Considering what we have just discussed, about Bakhtin's process philosophy, or philosophy of t...
I would then say, for the sake of argument, that the Supreme Court is not like a Man-o-War jellyfish, precisely because the Supreme Court is not a liv...
I wouldn't use the term "Gestalt" since I don't agree with one of the premises of the Gestalt school: the one that says that the whole is more than th...
Yeah that's brutal... It's like the discussion that I was having with @MrLiminal about a question that he asked, (I'm paraphrasing what he asked) "Whe...
Hmmm... Ok, let's see if there is a disagreement between our POVs (there is a factual disagreement, as in, you're inside your own brain, I'm inside my...
Hmmm... "I am he, as you are he"? I mean, if we take that literally, then it's an analogy. But an analogy (I might be wrong about this, though) is a c...
How could I not? It would be un-philosophical of me to not consider and respond to your thoughts. At least that's one of the things that I personally ...
Hmmm... Let me play Devil's Advocate here. I would say that, technically speaking, Zero is not equal to One. It's a different number, and we use diffe...
Speaking of metaphors that evoke pictures, you know which is my personal favorite? The North Pole / South Pole one. Like, go to Antarctica, go to the ...
Yeah, I like it. It's a good analogy. Again, I'm not sure that I'm following you 100%, there's some things that you're saying that I'm struggling to g...
Hi MrLiminal, In response to your first post: Wow, I've never head of that analogy. Thanks for sharing it. It kinda does make sense. Like, I can certa...
Corvus, thanks for jumping in. Great observation. You ask: "Could it be space and time which makes every objects and events in the universe unique and...
I think that to theorize about this "level" or "layer" of Reality is like exploring an uncharted territory on a map. It's like, people don't spend muc...
Thanks, MrLiminal. My impression is that it's not just you, it is indeed a foundational truth. Because, as I said in my initial post, this discussion ...
Hi Mapping the Medium, Great reference, thanks for jumping in. I have not read that book that you mention, though I know a few things about the author...
No problem Mr. Liminal, thanks for the comments! They keep the discussion on track. I think you're right, there's definitely an element of de-personal...
Hmmm... maybe. I'm not sure if I understood you correctly. My God, we're in the Deep End of the Ontology Room over here... Nice. Please don't take off...
I know what you mean. Allow me to tell you an anecdote, it's relevant to your point. I was once taught that we should try to imagine what it would be ...
Hi MrLiminal, Great question, thanks for jumping in. In response to your question: what I meant to say in the passage that you quoted, is that I have ...
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