Yes, the sun is killing us, right now. UV rays can cause skin cancers, some deadly. The majority of UV radiation from the sun, which reaches the earth...
I think you've left out the crucial part of the argument, what he spends the majority of the pages talking about, and that is how we could distinguish...
I'll offer this: Wittgenstein starts from the assumption that language is learned from ostensive definition. He proceeds to describe problems with thi...
I don't agree with Feser's argument on that point. Notice he refers to multiple universes, which implies that this universe, as a thing, does have a b...
Some of those examples of cognitive distortions describe me, when I get a lack of sleep. When the insomnia kicks in and I go day after day with less a...
If the universe is a "thing" then we conclude that it has a beginning in time, (requiring the potential for that thing to precede the actual thing) li...
But this explanation does not describe "change", as the word is commonly used. "Change" refers to the difference between two states. If your two state...
OK, that makes sense, your intent is to replace the existing logical framework with a new one. That explains why everything you say appears to be so i...
You said, taking a law of logic (the law of identity) as an authoritative statement is a fallacy according to the laws of logic. So I assume that taki...
Aren't these two, simplicity and clarity, mutually exclusive? To state something in a simple way is always to allow for ambiguity, and to state someth...
If, and when, "P=P" is used to signify the law of identity, it signifies that P is the same as itself, because that's what the law of identity states....
Gee eodnnoj7, can't you read? The law of identity doesn't say that a thing is equal to itself, it says that a thing is the same as itself. So it's not...
It is supposed to be a reading group, and context is important in reading. So I think it is important to start from the beginning and understand how W...
We're all blind, and Wittgenstein ensures that we proceed in this way, providing us with nothing in particular which we might see. So I'll follow, but...
The law of identity states that a thing is the same as itself. It gives each thing its own identity, so P, as a particular thing, is the same as P, it...
"Equal" does not mean "is". "Equal" means equivalent to, while "is" means the very same as. I very much agree that one line of any length is "equal" t...
The problem I see here though, is that laws are essentially applied within a society, they do not very well adapt to being inter-societal. In this way...
The "abstract" measure of a society might be found in one's laws. Like all abstract things, the real existence of laws and the exact formulations in h...
You have made no such argument, only repeating your assertions that the form in the mind is in some way the same as the form in the object. I have pro...
Well, the point is that "form" in the sense of what is in the knowing subject is "form' in the sense of essence, and "form" in the sense of what is in...
One line cannot be a multitude of lines by way of contradiction. I explained this to you. If it is many lines it is not one line. if it is one line it...
When working on the roof, one uses safety straps to prevent oneself from falling off the roof. No one considers the possibility that the ground might ...
Infinite lines being one line is contradictory, plain and simple. That a line is potentially divisible an infinite number of times, does not mean that...
The point is that you live acting in such a way as to prevent yourself from breaking your arm on the ice, and to prevent yourself from falling off the...
Here's Euclid's definitions from: http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/Books/Euclid/Elements.pdf 1. A point is that of which there is no part. ??. ?????? ?? ?...
Your cited reference clearly states a line "contains", and a line "has" an infinite number of points. It does not say a line "is" an infinite number o...
In Aristotle though, quiddity is a sense of "form". Aristotle doesn't make the clear distinction between form and essence which you refer to in Aquina...
A line is not composed of infinite points. There are infinite points on a line. Your premise is a misrepresentation, not a mathematical axiom. I don't...
Look at your examples, they are all things which "might" happen. So we look at the world with a view to how we can prevent, or cause, identified futur...
The cited proof demonstrates that there are infinitely many points on a line. It does not prove that a line is composed of points. My argument is that...
That's what Plato's good for, pointing out flawed systems. It's a very useful talent, to be able to distinguish flawed systems. So Plato is a very wor...
In non Euclidean geometry, the parallel postulate is negated. This alters the understanding of a "plane" which is a two dimensional construct, from th...
Yes there is a strict definition of "line". It is a straight, one dimensional, geometrical figure. If mathematics did not have strict definitions whic...
In Aristotle's philosophy "form" refers to "what a thing is". There are two distinct senses of "form". One is the essence of a thing, how we know a th...
The problem here is that under a strict definition of "line", the line from point A to point B must be straight, one dimensional. If there are any ang...
Function is not the basis of teleology, because it generally refers to an activity, while teleology is based in final cause, the end to the activity, ...
Yes, I think that what is developed in Aristotle's analysis, is that in each of the two classical categories, mind and body, there are both active and...
Dualism appears to be the only resolution to many philosophical problems. This was demonstrated thousands of years ago by the ancient Greeks. At that ...
That's nonsense. We have distinguished the form as it is in the object, as different from the form in the mind. You do not argue against this. But the...
I don't believe that there is a standard axiom of mathematics which states that pi is a line, or a length. If there is, maybe you can produce it. That...
This is your premise. Now you must prove that it is true, justify it, or else you are just making an unsupported assumption which supports your conclu...
Maybe you ought to read some other stories by Plato first, to get a feel for the writing style. They're shorter, somewhat entertaining, and easier to ...
Each line is one line, as an identified thing, a line. But a line is not the number one. Nor is the number one a line, except as a numeral, you might ...
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