It appears like there is inconsistency here. You say that the first cause of EnFormAction is infinite potential. But don't you recognize that infinite...
OK, I've said true things about '2+2' which are not true about '4'. Therefore the two are not identical. It's what I've been doing for last number of ...
We've been through this already. "Equal" does not mean "the same", or "identical". Identity is defined by the law of identity, equality is defined by ...
I wouldn't even say that. '2+2' represents two distinct quantities of two, being added together. So there are two distinct units, a unit of two, and a...
If I understand you correctly, you are saying that if a thing has physical existence, there is a cause of its existence, what you call "the cause of p...
You can't really say 'what substance is', or 'what matter is', because if you could describe it you would be talking about its properties, not substan...
Energy is defined as the capacity to do work. Energy is not what matter is composed of, it is a property of moving objects. Yes, philosophy is relevan...
The map shows the probability of tropical storm force winds, which Florida did receive. I believe Florida also receive some hurricane force winds as w...
I took philosophy in university in the eighties, started as a general arts student. My first year philosophy professor called me to his office, and wa...
Hmm, a 5 -20% probability of tropical storm force winds in the extreme south east corner of Alabama, no hurricane there. No wonder it wasn't included ...
That's bullshit. The computer doesn't automatically remove all double spaces because this reformatting is required to make the words fit within the ma...
When you have to posit the existence of something, whose existence is not justified by anything other than that it is needed to make a particular theo...
I suppose the feeling is mutual. I really cannot believe that there is a rational human being who truly believes that 2+2 is the same thing as 4. Isn'...
That's right, Einstein wanted a static universe, and introduced the 'cosmological constant'. It was meant to counter the effects of gravity which Eins...
It's not a question of which age group has a better method, it's a question of why does the computer take it upon itself to correct this non-mistake. ...
But this is a mistaken perspective. The concept of "the expansion of the universe", which is a consequence of the Einsteinian perspective, gives us a ...
Why? I learned in school to leave a double space after a period. So I diligently do that. Now the computer always edits it out. Why? It's not like it'...
I find that this is easy to understand when one considers the temporal perspective. If you imagine what the world, or the universe, would be like with...
This does not show me the principle of identity. Saying that two things are the same does not make them the same. It's a hollow assertion without a pr...
Explain to me then, how this set '2+2', is the same thing as this set, '4'. They look very different to me, and also have a completely different meani...
Having to deal with the number three is what messes up the Pythagorean scale, causing the occurrence of the comma. For example, If we start with "one"...
I was in discussion with alcontali, referring to what was said by alcontali: The point I made is that 2+2 is not the same as 4. So if set theory treat...
I think we've been through this all before, you and I. I don't think that just because there is no method available, the input is out of reach. Method...
Very good description. I see why you say that my description is confused. I see the importance of the problem in a slightly different way. We produce ...
It's not arbitrary then, it just looks arbitrary, in appearance, but it really is not. That it is arbitrary is an illusion. Would you see mathematical...
Well, that would depend on how you define "arbitrary". Use of mental faculties in one's decisions negates randomness. If such decisions are arbitrary,...
Actually, I don't know if I quite got it right. I learned a lot (from jamalrob I think) on the old forum, and followed up study of some of the princip...
Well, I really don't agree, and I think you misunderstand creativity. Art is not a product of arbitrariness, there are reasons for what the artist doe...
Modern tuning of the twelve tone scale is usually "equal temperament", in which the octave is divided into twelve equal parts.The Pythagorean tuning o...
By the law of identity, two distinct sets cannot be the same. If they actually are the same, then they are necessarily one, the same set. It's contrad...
If the positioning of the holes was not random, it was measured. And it couldn't have been random or the sound wouldn't be musical. Don't you agree? T...
I believe Pythagoras developed the twelve tone scale, based on the 3:2 ratio which gives the prefect fifth. Though the designated intervals could be r...
That was your argument, that moral laws determine one's volition through the means of "moral constitution". I was merely pointing out the inconsistenc...
Right, but as I noted, this theory is deficient. The two sets are not the same set by any rigorous standard of "same", though they are "the same set" ...
That two things are equal does not mean that they are the same. This is a known deficiency of mathematics, equality cannot replicate identity. Anyone ...
Now you leave "moral disposition" as meaningless. This is not true, by what you've said above. People behave in opposition to moral law, so moral law ...
No it isn't. A set consists of objects, not possible objects. That's quite simple, to make them one, you have to refer to them as one, and not as two....
It is contradictory, because a set is closed, complete, (as an object it is bounded, defined) whereas an infinity of anything is open, incomplete, unb...
So it's not a river you're talking about, it is an "estuary". Make up your mind, because my analogy did not refer to estuaries, it referred to rivers....
OK, you have two shoes. By what principle are these "two" things, one object? If they are a "pair" of shoes, this does not make them into an object, i...
Are you sure that the construction of that ancient musical instrument was not an application of mathematics, as is the case with the construction of a...
There is a metaphysical problem with claiming that there are objects which do not exist independently of consciousness, and that is that these objects...
The link is synthetic, we link space and time with mathematics. How space and time are really related we haven't the foggiest idea. That's because we ...
Trump is, in his own eyes "the greatest deal maker ever". His MO as president is to nullify or cancel as many deals which were made before him as poss...
This is nonsense, a tidal river still flows according to the direction of the tide. You've just rejected the generally accepted definition of "river",...
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