The logical problem here is in the relationship between a whole and the parts which the whole is assumed to be composed of. If you talk about the part...
Why would partly true and partly not true be contradictory? "Part" refers to less than the whole, and there is nothing to indicate which particular pa...
Yes, that's what I meant by "photoelectric effect", the interaction between photons and electrons (maybe I misused the terminology), such as when phot...
It is called the photoelectric effect. But it's not well understood, and that's why there is quantum uncertainty, the creation of conceptual fields, a...
Philosophy is the love of knowledge, it is a manifestation of the desire to know. I do not see a necessity to convince others, like you do. But involv...
John Harris makes the judgement "X does not exist because X's existence has not been scientifically proven", then proceeds to discuss the question of ...
No, that's not the case. As I tried to explain, Plato's writing explained how I would recognize the soul, such that I could identify it as "the soul"....
Oh, instead of addressing the issue which I pointed out, the fault in your described relationships between intentionality, attentional focus, and habi...
Try this: They are demonstrations that the logic of calculations are useful, therefore they are logical demonstrations. Making cars fly is a logical d...
I don't know of any form of demonstration other than a logical demonstration, though we often use physical objects as props. This is what is commonly ...
Strawman? It is my position, that there is such a thing as the soul, which is being attacked. Are you starting to realize that Johnny H is projecting ...
You appear to take a step backward here, in your description of the process, and that is what throws me off. A particular intentional focus with a par...
Just because it hasn't been demonstrated to you doesn't mean that it hasn't been demonstrated. Do I need to mention that word, "prejudice" again? I tr...
I thought we already went through this all, and had agreement. There is intentionality in the general sense, and there are particular intentions. We a...
If it is demonstrated what type of existence these things have, how they exist, and how they are encountered, such that I can actually encounter them,...
Category mistake, that's what the problem is. A particular is an individual thing. We might use a word to refer to that particular. If that same word ...
Of course a soul isn't a physical object. But on what principle do you say that it wasn't discovered and named. The number two isn't a physical object...
Oh, well I consider the boss on my job to be the expert, whose opinion I should trust. Isn't that the case for you? I don't think the boss would order...
There you go again. Remember, you agreed with me that the general state of intentionality directs the attention, not vise versa. The general state of ...
... and here we are. So do you think that numbers, and mathematical ideas like addition and subtraction, which have been firmly believed in for thousa...
Your missing the point Thanatos. What differentiates theorizing something, from something being found in nature? Suppose you find something in nature,...
OK, so we don't find anything in nature then. We don't find different species, we don't find a difference between animals and plants, it's all theory,...
His first definition of "soul" is "the first grade of actuality of a body having life potentially in it". It is important to notice that there is no a...
I think the dramatic middle zone is called for. When an issue attracts our attention, and becomes important, there develops a sense of urgency for res...
Aristotle found the soul through natural means, and his entire biology is centred around the existence of the soul. You should read it, it's called "O...
Assuming that the graph is as much a temporal layout as it is numerical, the beginning (left), is a time when the evidence is not viewed as evidence. ...
I think I've lost track of the point your trying to make. But if your boss tells you to climb the ladder and assures you that it is safe, then the bos...
You should read some Plato. There is very much information there concerning the nature of the soul, and why it is necessary to assume that we have a s...
Actually, you said that intentionality is formed by "attentional" focus. Attention forms a generalized intent. When I pointed out to you that this is ...
You said: And also: So it should be clear that it was you making the category error, not myself. You talked about how "intentionality", and "a general...
In case you didn't notice, I'm talking about the general thing, intention, not particular intentions. Intention in its basic form is general, and not ...
This is the mistake which I explain above. You create an incoherent model by restricting intentionality this way. Intentionality is required for learn...
But following consensus, or authority, is a reason for confidence, a very good reason. So when you follow authority it's not that you do not need a re...
It is only your judgement of Tom's belief which says that it is true. You do have a conception of truth, and base your judgement in this. Tom does not...
I wouldn't be so quick to make that claim. Efficient causes commonly come into existence as a result of a final cause, this is the nature of freely wi...
No, I was talking about the act of creating the sentences, not interpreting them. I said that a potential sentence cannot have meaning, it has to be c...
"Final cause" refers to a type of causation, the "final" does not refer to a temporal order. So there is nothing unintelligible about the first cause ...
When you refer to "the effort" which the brain is involved in, isn't this intentional effort? If so, then attention could not form intent, because att...
I follow your clarification. It is my argument that it is within this certainty which is inherent within the assertion, that we find the essence of tr...
As much as this does not demonstrate that God is "personal", there are ways to derive the conclusion that the first cause is very likely the type of c...
This just supports what I said. What the word "world" refers to depends on the individual. Therefore there cannot be a thing referred to by the word "...
I don't see how the unconscious could be linguistically structured. Emotions and feelings arise from the unconscious which we cannot put words to. Try...
But the world is existentially contingent on the word, and that's what you don't seem to be grasping. "World" implies a particular way of apprehending...
It appears like "drawing mental correlations" is the very same thing as "the agent's own mental state". So where do these claimed 'objects' of "physio...
No I don't deny this but I don't see how it is at all meaningful. And I don't see how a potential sentence has meaning, nor does "meaning in potentia"...
Then what does it require? Obviously it requires thinking/believing. How can it be a case of thinking/believing that something is there without believ...
This is what you said: I merely pointed out that this is incorrect. We believe that there is something called a tree there, prior to believing that th...
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