Isn't that exactly what I said, predictions do not prove hypotheses? So why do you think it constitutes a misunderstanding? What you express here is a...
This really makes no sense. You say "I know that things are", but "are" you say, has a completely indeterminate meaning. How can you possibly know tha...
It's metaphysics, theory, hypothesis. I wouldn't really characterize it as a conclusion, more like a proposition. Yes, see Wayfarer was talking about ...
No, I do not agree with Kant's a priori category. What I think, is that the mind operates in unison with sensation in specific preestablished ways. Th...
Ok, rather than call what is outside of natural "supernatural", would you prefer "non-natural"? I don't really care about the terminology. If you disl...
Sure, the "Natural" is everything which manifests "through verified building blocks", but we still need to account for the existence of these so calle...
We use logic to demonstrate impossibility. No evidence of X, means no evidence of X, but no evidence of X might still be evidence of Y. No evidence of...
Try it then. Try to remove the human temporal perspective, so that there's no "now". You'd have the entire temporal expanse of the universe at once. T...
If there are no forces acting on it, then at a second later in time, it is not in a changed state, it's state is exactly the same as before. That's Ne...
It seems you really do not understand the nature of logic. You are not reading what I said. I said when we are able to determine, that it is impossibl...
In any physics, a force is required to change a state. I'm very surprised that you would try to deny this. From Wikipedia: "In physics, a force is an ...
No the problem is with the opinion expressed by your statement. Clearly when the assumption of the supernatural is necessitated by a combination of th...
Consider that there are separated points in space, non-dimensional points which have real existence. Between the points is "space" as we know it throu...
This is easily falsified, as you request. A "state at a given time" cannot by itself determine any future activity. This is because a state is static,...
This is clearly a biased statement.. Whenever evidence and logic indicate the reality of that which is beyond the natural, then the appropriate conclu...
Banno utters nonsense again! Philosophy will take any commonly held belief as a starting point for discussion or inquiry. That's very evident in Plato...
Look at the example. At the end of stage 2 the person might reach for the ciggy or not reach for the ciggy. Therefore the person's will is free. If th...
The science is a little bit sketchy when the fourth leading cause of death is supposed to be related to significant "selective advantage", while two o...
The problem is that there is a division between decision and whatever it is which motivates, or initiates action (will). So for instance, you decide w...
You've left out stage 3, and that is what you actually end up doing. And stage 3 might be contrary to what you decided in stage 2, like if you decided...
Yeah, yeah, Kenosha apparently knows how to reverse time, so I would think that he has an infinite amount of spare time, back and forth, to deal with ...
Actually what you propose is what's absurd. To conceive of the possibility of nothing requires negating the appearance of all that is. This becomes co...
Do you apprehend a difference between the soul, as "the cause and first principle of the living body", and the intellect, as "a condition which allows...
The soul, as the form of the individual, is not a being which is separate from the matter, nor is it an intellect. The soul is a type of actuality whi...
Then how were you distinguishing between the true value of a measurement, and a measurement which is close to the true value? Suppose there's a line. ...
But form and matter are not separate beings. Form and matter are principles of Aristotle's physics, which are applied toward understanding being, such...
I have a slightly different opinion. I think we will not discover something better until we reject what we have. As I said, necessity is the mother of...
I'm fully aware of hylomorphism, as is evident in my last post. All things are "combined beings". So I don't understand your usage, as if "combined be...
What I am saying is that the reason why perfection is impossible is that the tool (mathematics) is fundamentally flawed. It's not an issue of there be...
That's exactly the problem. I thought mathematics was supposed to provide us with precision, perfection in our understanding. Then I was disillusioned...
That's exactly the point I am making. The capacity to think is directly related to the material body. Therefore it is a mistake to represent that capa...
Of course I'm not joking. Let's assume that two straight lines is "close" to being a single curved line, two being "close" to one. The curved line is ...
This idea, I cannot accept. The idea that when a person becomes old, and mentally incapacitated, suffering dementia or something like that, the person...
And as I tried to impress on you, a curve is not even close to a multitude of straight lines. I think I know what mathematicians are trying to convey,...
The issue is that this type of approximation produces the illusion that we understand what a curve is, when we really do not. There's a fundamental in...
The senses deceive us, that's why we have logic. I'd disagree, this is not a correct application of the identity of indiscernibles. An infinite sided ...
It all depends on how you define "circle-like". Clearly it is not at all "circle-like" when we compare a curved line to straight lines at angles to ea...
The problem though is that a curved line is fundamentally different from a straight line, because the curved line, no matter how short the segment, wi...
I do not accept any mathematics which employs infinity. Infinity is not applicable to real world situations Such mathematics may be very useful in man...
Yeah, I noticed that, things seem to be getting a little boring around here. How about a philosopher of mathematics? Some one who can really teach me ...
So you're saying that if there is an infinite number of monkeys typing, it's very likely that one might sit down and type some Shakespeare right off t...
The problem is that you have clearly not followed what I said, so you have simply convinced yourself through some sort of bias or prejudice. I clearly...
What does it mean to see a point "vaguely"? Does this mean that the point only has a vague existence, or does it mean that your mind only has a vague ...
Yes, that's because I've gone through the further stage I've describe, reference to secondary sources. This justifies my claim. What I could not under...
The point being that the monkey needs all of eternity (infinite time). Assign any particular amount of time to the monkey and it is highly probable th...
I don't see how this would be possible. How could a person be wrong, in one's judgement that they cannot understand something. This would mean that th...
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