If this is a symmetry, then "symmetry" has distinct meanings. I think of symmetry as involving two distinct parts. which are identical. Here we have o...
The issue which brought us to this disagreement is the epistemological implications of one's ontological judgement, as to what qualifies as "an object...
Does the app choose the music genre based on the lyrics? Or do you choose it? It seems to have a country bias, but maybe it just chose that because yo...
That you, Adorno, and others believe that "society" refers to an object, rather than to a concept, because it is something real with "an objective str...
In this example, the law of excluded middle is violated. The statement "there will be a sea battle tomorrow" is neither true nor false. We do not say ...
I have a short, and hopefully concise, reply to make to this, and then we can leave the subject until it resurfaces. In my opinion, "society" refers t...
This I believe could constitute a challenge to the law of identity itself. If contradiction inheres within the object itself, this would seem to imply...
Yes, I have difficulty with this as well. In simple predication, "A is B" signifies a subject and a predicate. In no way is the subject identical to t...
I think we need to differentiate between "identity" as it is used in first order logic or predicate logic, and "identity" as it occurs in Aristotle's ...
The meaning of "non-identity", and the importance of "contradiction" is presented on page 8. Simply put, "A=B" seems to imply that A is identical with...
I'm fine with that, but I generally look at what you call "the Socratic method" as the Platonic method. This is how Socrates is portrayed in Plato's d...
I've been searching, but haven't found anything free online yet, and it's an expensive book. From what I've read in a free sampling of LND, his idea o...
If it's the best way of thinking philosophically, then it's true philosophy, and will never be obsolete so long as there are human beings. I'll do wha...
No wonder, the current president of the US is bent on keeping gas prices low (drill baby drill), enshrining the internal combustion engine as king of ...
This says something about the type of thing that "allergy B" refers to. It is a property, and we have categorized the aspects of reality so that thing...
You must pay close attention to notice Banno's equivocation, because equivocation is an interpretive error, rather than a direct error of usage. So th...
The particles do not exist in the transmission of radiant energy, so there is no path. The energy moves as waves not particles. We all know about elec...
These various systems are not necessarily compatible with each other, that's why they are useful in different situations, for different purposes. One ...
That's bullshit. It was formulated as a letter, not as a topic for discussion. Unless perhaps, they use AI to write up their discussion topics. Imagin...
I agree about this difference in the meaning of "instantaneous". But Banno does not accept that difference of meaning, and equivocates in his complain...
Yes, I think that is the very point of the PSR. By making a thing without a reason impossible, by definition (actually 'by law', the law being that pr...
Every serious philosopher knows that instantaneous velocity is a nonsensical idea. So you are just making a fool of yourself by bringing this up, over...
I look at logic as a procedure, an activity, something we do. We cannot accurately portray it as "a first principle" because it consists of a number o...
I haven't been discussing modal logic because it's not relevant. As I explained, you use reference to modal logic as a trick of sophistry. This trick ...
I'm not really interested in the intelligent design aspect, and I really don't understand the claimed relation. However, sufficient reason, as a princ...
I don't think it's a matter of "trust" here, it's a matter of having nothing else to go on. If we want n explanation of things, we must assume that th...
Pork chops are done well with a slice or two of apple. It maintains the moisture level, and provides a nice flavour combination. I suppose it's the fa...
Your understanding of necessity is nonexistent. If you want to create a definition of "necessary" which is based in something other than logic, or rea...
You fall into the atheist trap of self-contradiction, if you try to deny that God who is defined as the necessary being, is not a being. You must play...
Yes it does imply "that there MUST be a reason", because the necessity of logic is based in the human need to make sense of things. Logic is a product...
"Acting on input" is the wrong attitude, because we need to understand actions as prior to input. Notice the example, hitting the button is prior to t...
Who needs the expensive sous vide device? Oh wait, a dish washer is even more expensive. Well I guess you could kill two birds with one stone. I like ...
What about the inverse situation, if one makes a correct prediction? If for example, someone correctly predicts Trump's assassination, would that pers...
We can monitor brainwaves, to a very minimal degree, distinguishing different frequencies as corresponding with different types of activities. But our...
Rhetorical question? Earth's shifting magnetic field has accelerated in its motion. The north pole may be headed in your direction. Isn't that a chill...
I've experienced a lot of things in my life, but I really can't say that I know what it's like to experience time. We don't know how time passes. If i...
Shouts of silence. Is that like: Shut up! It's that fuckin Trump, he's got everyone so engrossed in their daytrading that they can't even take a momen...
Yes both eternalism and presentism have problems. I find neither to be acceptable. That's right, I do not experience you listening. And to determine w...
That's a good analogy. To value the cash paid for the goods as higher than the value of the goods, is to say the seller got a good deal. Likewise, to ...
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