It seems like you have an aversion to discussing things "linguistically". That's interesting, because Wikipedia doesn't even have an entry for "quanti...
That's not true at all, "same" has a very useful purpose, it refers to one identical thing, one and the same. And, similar things can be members of th...
There's a lot said by Wittgenstein in the upcoming section 137-200, about what you might call the "unthinkingly" way of doing things. I'm going to rea...
It seems like you did not read the quote I posted from your referred site: That is from the site you referenced on "heat death". Notice, "the ability ...
Different runners run the marathon for different reasons, I've seen them interviewed. So I don't see any common intent there. Many may have a similar ...
My definition is the same as the one on your referred site. The laws of thermodynamics came into existence following the defining of energy. So you're...
As I said, I don't think we have the principles required to precisely measure the various motions of objects in relation to the motions of light becau...
I don't think that the movement of objects can be satisfactorily related to the movement of light, in the manner suggested by special relativity, beca...
I told you, I don't believe in heat death. And I also told you that I think your description of it, as energy (which is by definition the capacity to ...
You don't seem to understand, all energy is "the capacity to do work" whether it's potential energy or kinetic energy. So, as I said already, and as i...
The problem here is that only individual people have intent. We can generalize, take a vote or something, and say it is "the will of the people" or so...
Right, that's the point. The assumption that the speed of light is invariant (which is essential to special relativity), is what produces these contra...
Right, we are talking about the temporal ordering of two events, when the light reaches the front of the traincar, and when the light reaches the back...
I suppose it must be the intention of the sign-post maker we're talking about, maybe the intention of the town planner plays a role too, and even othe...
StreetlightX seems to have an allergic reaction to "intention", breaking out in rash statements any time the word is used. Generally, Streetlight woul...
"Use" implies "for the purpose of", and "serves the purpose" plays an important role in the Philosophical investigations. In everyday usage, to say th...
You are mixing together, the definition of energy (the capacity to do work), with the relative condition of "available". Whether or not the energy is ...
That certain energy is not available to a human being with the desire to use energy, does not mean that this energy is no longer the capacity to do wo...
Adding the premise doesn't make it into a problem, it's the thought that there ought to be an objective reality which makes it into a problem. If you ...
That's just the way it's been conceptualized, energy is a property of something moving, just like momentum, and motion does not just disappear, or bec...
The problem is that to say that the ordering is dependent on perspective means that there is no objective truth with respect to the order. Therefore t...
The problem here I think is that there is no real principle whereby we can say that there is "only one which we can ever be aware of". That's what des...
That's incorrect, energy is the capacity to do work, it is not "the getting of work done". Flowing water for example has a certain amount of kinetic e...
We are approaching an extensive section (approximately 135-200) in which Wittgenstein makes an examination of the concept of "understanding". I believ...
Are you talking about the professors of dogma? That you hate this activity and believe it to be "detrimental to the quality of the forum" is your own ...
I did that just to say that you're not talking about spam, you're talking about something else, and calling it spam. If you can't handle someone pushi...
"Spam" is usually something which comes in your email. It refers to sending the same message to many different locales. Spam on forums would be a case...
I think there's an important relation between 107 and 108 which should not be overlooked. The seeking of the ideal is finally determined as fruitless ...
But we're talking about meaning, "use", and when I shout "banana" it has meaning regardless of whether anyone understands my use,and comes to my aid, ...
I agree, 104 seems to be right out of context. I'll see if I can make sense of it. I believe that in this section, 100-108, he begins by referencing t...
I don't know about that, "consistency" is something other than simple use. It might be an attribute, a type of use. But meaning is restricted to use h...
You don't seem to understand. Energy is the potential to get work done. We make a judgement concerning a particular aspect of an active thing, its cap...
I don't think this is correct, context is what determines sense, not rules of use. This is what Wittgenstein is getting at, each instance of usage is ...
Yes, but how does that make a difference? Energy is the capacity to do work, therefore a potential. Kinetic energy is actually having that potential b...
This is the point of the op then. The classical sense of "object" can be rejected altogether, and we no longer have any objective reality, everything ...
That's what I've been discussing with andrewk, whether EM waves are real waves or not. Andrewk insists that "wave" is defined in physics in such a way...
This is where I believe Wittgenstein has gone off track. It appears like "stay roughly here" serves the purpose, but it really does not. if someone sa...
The point remains, that in physics a wave is defined as a vibration in a medium. It is an activity, and when there is activity there is something whic...
Suppose "pi" defines the perfect circle. Do you think that striving to resolve the exact mathematical value of pi would be a case of striving after th...
No, in my high school physics, that is not how "wave" was defined. Here is what Wikipedia says: "In physics, a wave is a disturbance that transfers en...
[ Yes, I think that is the case, electrons are measured as effects, and most forms of measurement are like this. But there is varying degrees of sound...
What is measured is the effect of the photon. That's the difference between a machine observing and a human being observing, the standards of measurem...
Sure, QM is consistent with special relativity, but I don't think it's correct to call the properties of a photon "physical". A photon has an effect o...
But mathematics is necessary for, and therefore essential to, many of the artificial things existing in the world. The world would be completely diffe...
Different places have different rules concerning referendum votes. I've heard sometimes it takes a 70% vote on a referendum for change to a country's ...
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