I think this is the issue which we approached with Pierre-Normand, concerning the notion of "enduring substance". Pierre mentioned that the concept of...
Sometimes I wonder the very opposite thing, what if Neo-Platonism is not actually true? But really, it's not truth or falsity which we look to in meta...
According to Aristotelian physics, any object, living or inanimate, is a unity of matter and form. Aristotle finds it necessary to assume this duality...
I don't think I would agree with this statement, specifically the part about enduring substance not falling under the purview of physical law. I think...
When any law is drawn up, it represents a particular intent. That is why it is important in interpretation, to put that law into the context within wh...
it's human nature to interpret the law in such a way as to maximize its compatibility with one's own intentions. That is the loop hole. Who would have...
Why would time be considered as a form of sensibility? The concept of time is produced by us relating numerous activities. What is being sensed here i...
I would not use "epistemological" in this way, and that's why I had trouble understanding your use of this term earlier. Epistemology is the study of ...
Here's the final passage in the Wikipedia article on American exceptionaism: 'In a speech on the Syria crisis on September 10, 2013, Obama said: "howe...
No, not at all what you said. The modeling which you describe portrays final cause (intention, or telos) as top-down causation, instead of its true po...
I do not think that it is correct to exclude Aristotle from substance dualism. In his Categories he clearly defines primary and secondary substance, p...
Hi Tiff, as much as I am not one to make hasty judgements about another person's character, especially someone whom I have no personal relationship wi...
I tend to disagree with this. I believe the ability to experience music is innate, coming from deep within. Birds sing to each other. Animals in a bar...
What you refer to here, is Obama's ideology. And when we look at ideologies, what we find in general, is that the policies of the left are not liked b...
I don't believe it is good to make generalized judgements like this, casting a blanket of good or bad over an entire 'ism. That appears to be your app...
I'm not calling the right racist. Quite the contrary actually, I'm trying to separate the right from the racists. So I'm asking, is it the right which...
As much as I don't believe that, it still may be the case. But how would you back up that claim? How do you justify it? For instance, I like hockey be...
You have forgotten to consider how we compare one distinct quality to another. All of your examples are of how we take one quality, one category, and ...
Actually when you come to fully grasp the concept of "substance", especially in light of modern physics, the very opposite becomes apparent. Spatial e...
I'm pretty sure I'm dualist, and apokrisis has repeatedly affirmed that I'm reductionist, so where does that leave me? No, I meant that hearing people...
I'm sure they might, but I would argue that this is an example of where the use of mathematics is harmful, when one thinks that mathematics is useful,...
I don't understand the bad reputation which reductionism has received. If it's the way toward a good clear understanding, then where's the problem? I ...
But for the Scholastics there is no such thing as "without God the world exists". For them, it was just a clear, undisputable fact, that God is the cr...
I think that the whole hardware/software analogy is an unproductive distraction. What is at issue here is the electrical processes of the computer, wh...
There's a deep irony here. Of all those millions of votes cast, there's only a few, "strategic" votes which make the difference between who wins and l...
Even the question "how to live" is extremely complicated. We're all different, with distinct aspirations, so the answer of that question for you will ...
Well, you might be surprised. There is usually a fair amount of inconsistencies within the philosophy of individual philosophers. I like to judge base...
If the simulation crashed, wouldn't we all die? Do you think it's possible that we can die, and be rebooted at a save point? Since there would be a ce...
This is a good point. Descartes offers us a very poorly defined rendition of dualism. And as the founder of modern philosophy it is probably no coinci...
That, I think is a very strange notion. You do realize don't you, that physics neither claims to understand the mind, nor attempts to understand the m...
I assume you understand that to have a sound logical conclusion requires that you start from sound premises. Mathematics, being a form of logic, is no...
There was surely some confusion, and it was my fault, because you had been talking about the experience of listening to music, and when I joined the d...
That social constructs exist outside of human consciousness, and act downward onto the consciousness of the individual is where the falsity lies. This...
So, what's the difference between reason and Blobreason? I don't get the question. Suppose someone hooks you and I up to brainwave machines and demons...
There appears to be a trend in modern philosophy to deny the reality of the "I", the "self", reducing the "I" to simply a part of the community in som...
I would think so, don't you? If listening to music were like this, "a network of perceptual experiences which we are unable to identify and make sense...
I agree, but these are objective principles which we are trained to hear, such as the top and bottom of the octave, the fourth and the fifth, etc.. Wh...
The issue here I think, is that mathematics must be applied, in order that it may tell us anything about the world. This means that things in the worl...
I would be interested to see more information concerning this point, a better description of the purported suppression and enhancement. Is there a che...
If we are going to discuss a higher level, and a lower level, then we need to distinguish the two distinct aspects of the free will act. First, we hav...
What I meant by "clearly", is that evidence indicates this. Even Pierre-Normand admitted this. If you have any evidence to the contrary, then bring it...
Isn't this contradictory to say that constraints are responsible for freedom? I don't know how that could work. Besides, you've assumed freedom as the...
The problem which I think Agustino is alluding to in the op is the intrinsic uncertainty in the way that we measure time. There appears to be an uncer...
Ok, so you have described a "higher level" of neurological activity, which you say is responsible for the intentional, rational, free will acts. Since...
You started your thread with a quote from me. Don't you think you should provide a reference as to where the quote was taken from? Otherwise it is a q...
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