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SpacedOut

['Member']Joined: February 12, 2018 at 02:47Last active: March 13, 2018 at 19:16None discussions13 comments
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Bio

Former philosophy undergraduate interested in the philosophy of science (specifically physics), philosophy of language, and phenomenology.

Also interested in discussion on science and religion and current cultural events and ideas.

Favourite Philosopher

Heidegger, Wittgenstein

Favourite Quotations

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
-Max Plank

Comments

In: About the existence of a thing.  — view comment
This is why I've never liked mereology and would rather look at it from a linguistic perspective. Staring too hard at the metaphysics of identity lead...
February 18, 2018 at 04:37
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception. Also, Stephen King'sFrom a Buick 8 which is about a magical car that poops o...
February 17, 2018 at 17:31
In: Implications of empty consciousness  — view comment
I'd be interested to explore this from a more developmental science angle. I wonder if the person would even be able to learn once they connected with...
February 17, 2018 at 07:18
In: We are all in agreement; disagreement is simply our inability or unwillingness to see that  — view comment
So we agree on some things but disagree on others?
February 16, 2018 at 04:39
In: There is no emergence  — view comment
I thought you might be going for something like that, just figuring out what the argument was for
February 14, 2018 at 06:26
In: There is no emergence  — view comment
a living human brain having the property of being conscious despite its atoms and molecules not having it, but this might not count for you under your...
February 13, 2018 at 05:36
In: The Big Bang Theory and the Andromeda galaxy  — view comment
My understanding is that yes, overall, in aggregate, large bundles of matter in the universe are moving away from each other. But the largest bundles ...
February 12, 2018 at 07:27
In: "This statement is unlikely" - Can it be false?  — view comment
Can a statement be un/likely? I'm just going to start with that, because I'm not sure in this case what that means. Do you mean that: "This statement ...
February 12, 2018 at 07:11
In: There is no emergence  — view comment
Do you mean there can be no emergent properties out of a given system? I'm sorry if I've misunderstood, but its rather vague
February 12, 2018 at 06:34
In: About the existence of a thing.  — view comment
Everything is in flux, we just choose to call certain, I suppose, "significant coagulations that are seemingly persistent in time" ---> "things" (Howe...
February 12, 2018 at 06:27
In: Evidence of Absence  — view comment
What sort of nature would allow A to divide the odds more fairly? Just curious as to what you have in mind. You're describing inductive reasoning, and...
February 12, 2018 at 06:22
In: What is time?  — view comment
What do you mean by "reverse time" in quantum time? Are you referring to the electron/positron relationship?
February 12, 2018 at 06:11
In: Logical fallacy  — view comment
Could be false attribution mixed with confirmation bias.
February 12, 2018 at 03:49
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