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Are you saying: that it is impossible to understand this thing we humans named reality? that only cranks and monomaniacs can understand this thing we ...
August 29, 2025 at 12:07
In my opinion, a spot-on description. Thank you
August 26, 2025 at 13:55
Please, if a system is all about stabilising instability, where does instability come from? Also, is it not true that "instability" is the root cause ...
August 26, 2025 at 13:44
Please, in terms of your "bare bones", is it possible for to be a system?
August 26, 2025 at 13:21
In my opinion: interactions without components makes no sense at all. Neither does components without interactions. Please, what would entail a "metap...
August 26, 2025 at 13:11
Thank you for your frank and honest input - this is a good description, one that is generally accepted by the 'systems-thinkers'. But it has a few pro...
August 26, 2025 at 13:04
You answer thus, then, seemingly, concede to my point:
August 26, 2025 at 12:56
This definition looks very similar to one that has been published in 1923 by Lewis, C.I. Facts, Systems and the Unity of the World. The Journal of Phi...
August 26, 2025 at 12:52
Please explain then, in terms of your definition, how to determine what is part of the system, and what is part of the environment? To my understandin...
August 26, 2025 at 12:40
I don't think systems <=> coherencies is any definition.
August 25, 2025 at 11:23
These "irreducible entities", is that the fundamental particle that the physicist are trying to find?
August 25, 2025 at 11:21
I agree with your definition, even though I have used some different words. Do you know of any theory that backs up this definition?
August 25, 2025 at 11:18
Thank you for your contribution - I was hoping for a concise definition backed by a general systems theory. Notions of systems are a dime a dozen
August 25, 2025 at 11:16
My understanding is that Luhmann worked on social systems, thus not a general systems theory
August 25, 2025 at 11:05
And, did you discovered a new world? I did!. For example: The emergence of wealth <=> technology predate the emergence of modern Homo sapiens. Thus al...
August 16, 2025 at 08:21
"You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore." ... and good luck to you.
August 16, 2025 at 07:42
Below is a summary of my work, surely you could glean my line of thought from it: Chapter 1 - The Problem The basic problem is that after 2,600 years ...
August 16, 2025 at 07:26
@"Tom Storm" & @"Gnomon" I can provide snippets and quotes from my work as much as I like, you will not see the 'full picture' from this quotes, thus ...
August 15, 2025 at 12:02
I have no issue with Ervin Laszlo's problem identification. I've had some communications with the Laszlo family (Erwin and Alexander) - they seem to b...
August 13, 2025 at 11:05
Methinks you are short-selling yourself. Moreover, giving up without trying will bring you nowhere. Yes, it would seem that my definition of philosoph...
August 13, 2025 at 10:53
I have stated, categorically, in my opening statement, that I am not au fait with the 'ism' and 'ology' languages - however, I am pretty convinced tha...
August 07, 2025 at 13:36
Your logic is most impressive - a prime example of excellent philosophical reasoning.
August 07, 2025 at 12:52
No, I do not blame philosophy for all the problems of the world and no, I do not think some "holistic/systems philosophy" will cure any ills of we hum...
August 06, 2025 at 11:07
As for the rest of the discussion, I can only give the following "two naive but fundamental logical statements: 1. Attempting to define or study any a...
August 04, 2025 at 13:12
I have sent a contact request to your academia link. I can post a sentence or even a paragraph summary of any of my concepts - it will only be a few p...
August 03, 2025 at 08:25
I will try my very best to respond encouraging enough - I don't meditate nor do drugs either - rather play chess. Your *1 Thank you for putting this o...
August 02, 2025 at 11:18
"He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave." William Drummond To which I would add;...
August 02, 2025 at 09:41
Thank you for this - yes it would seem some are still stuck in Plato's cave watching the shadows play out against an empty wall.
August 01, 2025 at 07:16
I suggest you stay in your cave and watch the shadows play out against the empty wall. From the "troll spammer."
August 01, 2025 at 07:11
No. I am looking for a reader that can think outside the box, who reads and understand my theory then helps me find a possible fatal flaw in my reason...
July 29, 2025 at 13:28
Thank you for your welcome, I do appreciate it. I do not have any issue with the substantial contribution that philosophy has made on the progress of ...
July 27, 2025 at 11:53
No problem - I am trying to find a reader that could think outside the box and with the capability of understanding what I have written and (most impo...
July 27, 2025 at 09:28
It would be awesome if you could understand it - I am looking for the "fatal flaw" in my understanding. I am not sure what you mean by "elite class", ...
July 27, 2025 at 08:40
You are absolutely on the right track: "Our reality consist of systems: 1. Real systems - consisting of perceived, measurable mass or energy. 2. Abstr...
July 27, 2025 at 07:34
You certainly seem to be obfuscated, my foundation is an understanding of systems (something, it would seem, you have no understanding of), defined fr...
July 21, 2025 at 16:06
I agree with you: "Who am 'I' and what is the relation between mind and body? According to my understanding, there exists a specific, changeable state...
July 20, 2025 at 13:17
"... consciousness is the ability of a functional brain, capable of abstract thought, to manage itself. We could agree that the human brain manages th...
July 20, 2025 at 08:21
In conclusion to this discussion then: Philosophy have no defence against "The only results I see from philosophy are a world in which we are: unable ...
July 19, 2025 at 16:11
If I understand your prose correctly, you agree with my problem statement. 'Please consider the following two naive but fundamentally logical statemen...
July 11, 2025 at 12:04
My agreement, or not; whether the WW2 Nazi's were the "bad guys", or not; is irrelevant to my problem statement. Please consider: 'Any decision on wha...
July 11, 2025 at 11:42
Another unanswered question, yet you maintain that my generalisation that war is a problem that has not been solved by 2,600 years of philosophical ef...
July 11, 2025 at 11:14
You did not answer my questions, why? Then, why would I consult philosophy to get to the bottom of this issue; after 2,600 years of philosophical ende...
July 09, 2025 at 12:15
I think both sides, in any war, think they are fighting "the good fight".
July 09, 2025 at 11:57
From you assertion: Since no rational person, even with the necessary authority, will declare any war on any particular occasion, unless he/she believ...
July 08, 2025 at 13:07
And no matter how many times you promote your Strawman fallacy, that some wars are 'good' because some pain is 'good', you have not convinced me, nor ...
July 07, 2025 at 12:03
Perhaps a bold claim: "Existence := Defined by the Argument of Existence. The argument that things includes mass or energy or that a thing is perceive...
July 07, 2025 at 10:09
I have addressed the point you made. I am patiently waiting for you to explain to the thousands killed in the Gaza war that their deaths was for a goo...
July 07, 2025 at 09:57
In my problem statement I made the following two statements: 1. For more than 2,600 years philosophers have studied and contributed to our knowledge a...
July 06, 2025 at 11:46
Please, what other things could be deduced from the two fundamentally true statements? These discussions included the input from philosophers, not so?...
July 01, 2025 at 12:51
So noted, thank you.
July 01, 2025 at 12:11