I don't think you'll get anywhere this way Luke, it appears to me like you are just giving me random words. Either you get it or you do not, and I don...
To get rid of the paradox, you need only to assume that time is not continuous. And that time is not continuous is supported by the recognition that t...
But that's arbitrary. All change all the time is "an indefinitely gradual state of change", so it doesn't make sense to say that S is P or S is not-P ...
The source of a thing is distinct from the thing itself. Just because the source of concepts is understanding, and therefore an activity of consciousn...
There is a problem which arises when we take it for granted, that a particular phrase has a specific meaning. For example, if a person takes it for gr...
Not only that, but it doesn't make sense to ever speak of whether P can be predicated of S, in this case, because it doesn't make sense to say S is P ...
If I'm desperate I can use pages of bad philosophy, and this justifies the existence of bad philosophy. If the bad philosophy is on this forum its exi...
What Wittgenstein doesn't seem to take into account, and is therefore the deficiency of such a private language argument, is that the use of any word ...
I think I know what you mean, but if this is the case, then it is false to call it a "conscious instant". There are numerous instants within what appe...
Your description is not really consistent. If the first instant only fades to 50% by the time the conscious person is aware of the second instant, the...
You said, the perception of having injured someone. And you also said something about having to see red before you can judge that it is different from...
No, I think there is evidence from quantum physics which indicates that time is likely composed of discrete units. There is no violation of the law of...
That's better called a memory. It's not what people would normally call a feeling. I already explained all this. Just because there are times when an ...
I think it is important to the discussion because no one has adequately described whether "basic" beliefs are derived from sensations such as whisperi...
OK, let's assume "time is continuous" is a conclusion. It is a conclusion which forces us to accept violation of the law of non-contradiction. Therefo...
OK, so here's the problem. A feeling comes without any judgement of good or bad. It has not been categorized. Then the feeling must be judged as good ...
I'm curious as to what happened. Do you no longer hear the sounds which you had attributed to God whispering, or do you still hear the sounds but now ...
This is problematic, as Zelebg points out . That time is continuous is an unsupported assumption which forces us into violation of the law of non-cont...
You seem to have a short memory. Look back to the top of the page, the "existential" approach was your argument. When one person plays both roles it's...
Yes, but we were talking about the existential status of the art. Existentially, the artist is one existent person, in relation to the existence of th...
You don't seem to grasp your error, so I'll explain it to you in another way, as a category mistake. Let's assume that we can apprehend feelings like ...
If you look at the artist and observer in this way, it only renders your earlier statements, that the artist makes up part of the work, and the observ...
I do not believe there is such a feeling. That's the root of our difference. People definitely talk as if there is, "I get the feeling that this is th...
But this is not an 'observer' in the sense that Noble Dust is talking about the audience. The artist, as one's own observer has inside information on ...
Exactly, the contradiction is in my head, as all contradictions are always, necessarily, in someone's head. So this does not make the contradiction an...
I cannot apprehend my emotions as judgements. They seem to be nothing more than feelings which relate to the particular situations which give rise to ...
This is the falsity which you refuse to acknowledge. No audience is required. The artist can create without an observer. The art exists with or withou...
Here's an example of how we might seek to position "conscience" in this discussion. Generally, people say that "shame" is an uncomfortable feeling. Bu...
There is no such thing as "the feeling of having committed a truly malicious act". That one's act is truly malicious is a judgement. And, every time a...
That you interpret this situation as an effect prior to its cause is an indication that you misinterpret the situation. The anxiety is not caused by t...
The non-polite version is to tell me that I speak like a kindergarten student? "That's a pretty picture. I can see a man and a woman in there, a horse...
You haven't done very well in any effort to explain why you believe guilt is an emotion. And for the reasons I've explained, it appears impossible tha...
It should be evident from what I said, that I do not view art in the same way that you do. I look at it as something which can inspire me, like any of...
I am talking about the inclination to hide, and the inclination to confess, which exist at the very same time. I am not talking about having chosen on...
Right, just as the choice of which of the many languages we use in communication, the physical expression of language, is accidental to the essence of...
Yes, it's true that anticipatory feelings are tied together with memorial feelings, but that does not mean the distinction is irrelevant, it just mean...
I can see how artists would intend to make the viewer part of the work. There are participatory forms of art. Even music, in the sense that the compos...
Here's how I see the significant difference between your perspective and mine. I see conscience as the feature which makes a person judge oneself as g...
I don't quite know what you mean by "identify" some feelings. It seems like we disagree as to what the actual feeling is, which is signified by a name...
A loss of self-esteem is a loss of confidence, self-worth. This is associated with a lack of ambition and melancholy. Hurting someone results in all s...
I think that shame itself is not something that needs to be taught, but a person's response to it, is what is learned and developed over time. This is...
This is an issue which relates to David's internal/external division which needs to be cleared up, so we can't dismiss God so easily. God is thought o...
Right, the novel is a composition of all those things, the paper, the ink, the binding, etc.. Now you can get a novel on line, and it will be the word...
How would you present something imaginary as art, if not in a physical form? And, the physical form is the artwork, not the imaginary thing which is r...
I don't see how you have shown that the artwork is anything more than the physical piece. The fact that artwork is necessarily temporal only serves to...
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