There appears to be something confused here. Isn't the point of formal logic to go beyond the limits of experience, to learn about things which we can...
I take these two descriptions of logic as somewhat opposed. Andrewk appears to say that logic is innate, something which we do instinctually, while al...
I think you are wrong here aletheist. True judgement implies correspondence. Why is it true? It is true because there is correspondence between the ju...
I can't see your argument. If some judgements are true, and others false, then truth and falsity is a property of the judgement. Therefore it is impos...
It's not that one or the other principle is illogical, because it requires two opposing principles for there to be contradiction, and the contradictio...
No it does no such conflation. It states the simple fact that it is impossible, that there is the object which corresponds with a particular sign with...
Right, so if the "different premises" are contradictory, then it is impossible that they are each true. I think that this is a problem for those who c...
If you allow that the eternal is infinite, then Aristotle does allow for an actual infinite, because he demonstrates that anything eternal is necessar...
In this description, you have created a separation between the event, which is the object, and your witnessing of the event, your impressions, memorie...
Since it requires someone to determine what "round" means, and whether the object referred to as Planet Earth fulfills those conditions, it is impossi...
I can tell you that this is the problem right here. You have absolutely no restrictions on "object". This is what I referred to, any random thing may ...
I saw your reply. It looked too confused to be worthy of a comment. Here it is: First, I see no definition of "object". Second, you say "axioms are pr...
Is it really true to say "all math is quite logical"? Within mathematics in general, there are numerous contradictions such as Euclidean vs. non-Eucli...
I believe that by the time Aristotle was writing, "Platonism" was already fractured. Because Plato's ideas evolved over his lifetime there was probabl...
It is not likely that capillary action alone is responsible for pumping water up the trees. In the case of maple sap a substantial pressure which cann...
There is a lag between sensation and the experience of it, which puts all things sensed into the past, but we must allow that the things which come to...
According to your figures, you can only get substantial head from an insubstantial quantity of water. Since you need both, substantial head and substa...
What I understand is that modern-day Platonism is more like Pythagorean idealism. Although the refutation of Pythagorean idealism is commonly attribut...
Right, so meaning does not require sensations, it appears like we now agree. So making connections, correlations and associations whereby a being esta...
Not only is this mathematical realm full of junk, but it's also full of contradictions. Go figure. Because of such contradictions, mathematics is clea...
Obviously that's wrong, just like your claim that all the possible points in a space define al the lines, curves and angles. For an order to be define...
It is when we allow for the ideas, thoughts, and intentions of the individuals, that the causal waters are muddied. It is only because the two people ...
So magnitude allows for opposite orders. It also allows for any other order that one might like to use, counting by tens by twenties, odd numbers, eve...
To tell you the truth, I saw your statement as irrelevant, and bordering on meaningless gibberish. We're discussing physical causes in inanimate objec...
No, I gave thoughts and ideas, as examples of connections and correlations which are carried out completely within the living being, to support my pre...
How could identifying the causes miss the causal point? I believe that an "event" is completely artificial, in the sense that "an event" only exists a...
I've seen the chat. There's a big problem. When something appears to be indeterminate it is impossible to prove that it actually is indeterminate, unt...
A lack of causal sequence refers to unrelated events. What the quoted article in the op describes is related events in which the temporal order cannot...
What the OP describes is an inability to determine temporal order, not a lack of temporal order. That was my point. Your reply was that you thought it...
I think my criticism still holds if this is what was meant. If the particular causes cannot be identified, it is a cop-out to claim it's a "general ba...
For example, thoughts and ideas are connected and correlated. This occurs entirely within the being. Therefore sensation is not necessary for such act...
That's a cop-out. You're just saying that if we don't have the capacity to determine the particular causes involved, we can just say it's a generic ca...
No. the magnitude does not determine the order. There is nothing inherent within magnitude which says that 100 is before or after 200, or 50, or whate...
Yes that's approximately what I said, but your rebuttal is false. Without the act of counting, starting from 1, and proceeding to 2, 3, etc.., there i...
The difference between human beings and other animals in relation to this matter, is not that we place value on goals, but that we identify value, and...
Correlations, connections, and associations, are drawn completely within the creature itself. The being does this completely internally. Therefore sen...
As I indicated way back when this particular topic arose, there are correlations, connections, and associations which are drawn by the living being, a...
You're missing something though. What gave paw the idea that there was a god in the rock? That's the real start to religion, not paw telling the kid t...
As I said, the example is irrelevant because a set is artificial and an atom is not. The point is that those wedges were created, and counted in the a...
This cannot be where the belief in God comes from because it implies an infinite regress of parents teaching religion to their children. That would me...
Sorry creativesoul, but I just can't follow what you're saying. It's completely foreign to me. A set is artificial, and so is its cardinality. So your...
That's true, except you are missing the premise which forces the conclusion that time is necessary for this ordering. Cardinality must be determined, ...
Clearly I was talking about "the ordering" of numbers, as the topic was "logical priority". So cardinality is irrelevant to my example. Notice that yo...
Like I was born yesterday? That's correct, there's no distinction to be made there. Philosophers agree. Why do you bother to argue otherwise? This I a...
But even internal vibrations are often demonstrated to have an external source. When I heat my lunch with the microwave, it causes internal vibrations...
Comments