Yeah, just like a watch is a natural occurrence. You know, the principles employed by modern scientists tend to break down the division between artifi...
Try looking at it this way fishfry. There is a difference between what a symbol "means" (as said in your fist paragraph above), and what a symbol "ref...
That's actually a straight inductive conclusion. We see that watches are made by watch-makers, and conclude that all watches are made by watch-makers....
No, reasonable people discuss things. Sometimes it takes a long time, many years of discussion, but there's no rush, and no need to shout, that's impa...
It's not a matter of giving you a reference, it's just a matter of whether you understand the reason or not. Do you know how to count? Say you have "1...
I just explained this. When the symbol "4" is used twice in "4+4=8", it must signify a different thing in each of the two instances, or else 4+4 would...
I went through this with Zuhair already. It is impossible that the numeral, the symbol "2" represents the same object every time it occurs. If it did,...
I disagree, metaphysics can guide us in the right direction through the use of logic. So for example things which are impossible and don't need to be ...
Well I went through this already. An object must really be a static thing, because if it changes it is no longer the same object. Sure we say that it ...
"Across the set of all possible worlds" implies necessity. So that meeting was necessitated. This is sometimes called "fate", which determinists take ...
Do you not see a difference between measuring an object, and measuring the distance between two objects? In the first case, you would be dealing with ...
This is ridiculous. I've explained numerous times in this thread how equality differs from identity. "Identity" applies to one thing, the same thing, ...
There is no single acceptable definition of "space". We discussed this already, there are two distinct conceptions of space. One is derived from our m...
That itself is a misunderstanding. As you seem to have taken Thrasymachus' position on justice, 'might is right', you would probably benefit from a mo...
I've provided arguments for my position, based on the definition of "space" which you gave, evidence that I'm not "talking past" you. If anyone is tal...
That "force", is a force of division. Whether a divisive force within a people is better than a unifying force within a people depends on one's attitu...
We're talking past each other because you are not listening to what I am saying. The point I was making, is that the space which is between objects (w...
That analogy doesn't provide a solution to the problem. The problem is that not only is there space between objects, but objects also occupy space. Yo...
Streetlight thinks we ought to change the topic of the thread to discuss politics rather than character. But we're the peanut gallery here, and we lik...
That takes character, to jump in and intervene, make a political difference. Trump did it, he's got character. The reasons for doing it define the cha...
As I explained, a body is full of empty space, and that empty space is treated as part of the body, and therefore substantial. You might model the mot...
The problem is not so simple though. One object hitting another is nothing but a transferal of force or energy from on solid body to another. But when...
It couldn't have been a typo because you continued afterward, to make the same mistake. Look: No, I said that equality in ZFC is not based in the iden...
It is exactly a matter of what they think they know. The problem is that we take some things for granted, because they are assumed to be "the common u...
We may have discussed this briefly before. Plato makes this reference to the female aspect, in Timaeus, referring to ancient myths. He might be critic...
If we're talking about qualitative identity, then only one quality need be the same in order that we call it "the same", the same colour, the same wei...
This is what you said: You were clearly associating "what is" with something independent of any observer's perspective What I pointed out is that it d...
How can you not see that you're talking nonsense? If they are identical then they are not two acts but one and the same act. You are starting with an ...
Good and bad are measured by degree, that's why there are differing punishment sentences for "the same" criminal act. It is the fact that each of thes...
Now the point I was making to Janus is that if we divide events up, or put events together, which is what we have to do to say "this is a rock", or "t...
See this is evidence of what I said, you don't listen. Instead of addressing my point (that "is" necessarily implies temporality present, now) directl...
It's very easy to find fault with Janus' principles. But Janus doesn't listen, so I've given up on that. Here's some examples: There is no such thing ...
Problem is, these are not two acts. You are referring to one and the same act, and calling it "two acts". That's why your premise is self-contradictin...
OK, I've reconsidered. I recognize that making stupid comments about conventions which one is totally ignorant of is not good for a person's integrity...
The real problem with the commons was not from the greed of the individual, who wants more than one's fair share of cows, it's a problem of too many i...
Yes it is hard. I find it to be impossible. This is like saying imagine two people who are exactly alike except they are different. It's nonsense. Car...
OK, let's say equality is a "qualified" identity. This means that it is a relative identity. In relation to the specified theory, the two objects are ...
That's the key point, the limitations of the language. The law of identity puts identity of the thing within the thing itself, such that even if the h...
A similar act in different circumstances cannot be called the same act. They may have different intent. Therefore it is possible that they could diffe...
No, because the acts are carried out on different planets with differences between them so reason tells me that they are not identical. If they are no...
What do you mean by "numerically distinct"? If there are differences, what are the difference between them? These differences could amount to the act ...
If the planets were exactly the same, then by the principle of the identity of indiscernibles, they would be one and the same planet, and everything w...
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