I was very skeptical about Mongrel's representation of Leibniz' concept of free will. It really didn't seem reasonable to me, that a man of Leibniz' c...
This is what we observe in the existence of things, the potential for a thing is prior to the actual existence of that thing. However, when we ask, wh...
This was might point, "existence", as Jorndoe used it in reference to the PSR, refers to a concept. So we cannot apply the PSR to the thing called "ex...
There is a problem here, because "physical laws" are laws which are produced by human beings to describe the processes of the world. So they are inter...
I can't remember the precise context, but he argues, I think in Metaphysics, that adhering fast to the LEM creates absurdities. This is how I remember...
I could choose to do something which is logically possible, but physically impossible, such as I might decide to grab a hold of the moon, or the sun, ...
Let me get this straight. Suppose I did X. How could it not be contradictory to say that I did not do X? It appears like you have defined free will in...
Perhaps you could explain what you mean by "free will just amounts to the absence of contradiction in some alternate action being performed", so that ...
To say that the PNC does not apply to bare potential, is the Hegelian conception, not the Aristotelian conception. Under the Hegelian conception, bein...
We treat the possibility as different from a logical possibility. We assume that the way in which one throws the die will influence the outcome. There...
You don't seem to be addressing the point. The point was that there is a fundamental difference between talking about someone's future, and talking ab...
This is what Aristotle outlined as the fundamental question for metaphysics. It is not to inquire of a thing, why it is rather than not, in the most g...
There are no cases where the principle of sufficient reason does not apply, if there were, they would be unverifiable as unknowns. Your claim is a tri...
Actually it makes a big difference. Do you recognize a difference between the numerous logical possibilities of what may have occurred in the past whe...
There seems to be some inconsistency in your choice words here, which creates ambiguity. You refer to all the "consistent histories" which we "may exp...
It's not so straight forward as you make this out to be. Space and time are concepts. They are the means by which we understand objects and processes....
Is there some way to know which discussions I have taken part in, and even how recently? I'm too old and alcoholic, so I keep forgetting where I am ac...
I think that by the time we engaged, we were off the OP anyway. Then StreetlightX acted to revisit or revise the OP, such that my original comments we...
That's a problem with how we describe the way that we learn. We observe our teachers, and we say that we are learning from those people. In actual fac...
I still haven't found this paradox you are referring to. The problem appears to be that you are incorrectly describing your erection as "desire for se...
It's not begging the question. If observation of existing things leads to the inductive conclusion that all existing things are contingent, then this ...
It's not definition which I am talking about, it's more like description. It is to describe how a word is used. So perhaps it is closer to poetry than...
There is a tradition in philosophy for philosophers to develop the meaning of a term. This means that one has to read much of the philosopher's work t...
What a moderator posts in a reply on the forum, and how a moderator moderates the forum are two distinct things. I'm sure we all know that. But be car...
Yeah, I can see how, through the blur of alcohol, someone who is being fucking offensive might appear to be an offensive fucker, or if someone called ...
This is where we meet the vagueness of the external/ internal boundary. I don't see how an erection is external. My penis is part of myself, just like...
No, the point is that such axioms result from a description of what is, reality, not from dichotomous reasoning. The dichotomous reasoning follows the...
You are contradicting your proposed axiom though. The axiom was that boundaries are continuous. I objected, saying that this is not self-evident. How ...
No, I don't see a problem here. The successful completion of eating requires an external physical object just as much as the sex act. That is the poin...
I don't think it is self-evident that boundaries are continuous. A dotted line makes a non-continuous boundary. I think the best example of boundaries...
It appears to be X, therefore it is X, is faulty logic. You have no premise to exclude the possibility of mistake. You can look at others, and draw yo...
There is an important issue here. In philosophy, an axiom is a self-evident truth. In mathematics, an axiom may be anything which does not contradict ...
To you, it appears to be insane, because you haven't taken the time to consider the reality of these issues. You simply accept as true, something whic...
I eat every day at pretty much the same time. If I miss this eating time, then I get hungry. Maybe you always wait until you get hungry before you eat...
OK, but isn't the light, colour, and contour something external? So isn't this "feeling of light", an awareness of something external? As I explained,...
Why do we have separate terminology then, awareness and self-awareness? I wouldn't say that "all feeling is a feeling of oneself". Sensation may be de...
The problem is, that awareness is prior to self-awareness, and to be aware is to have a particular type of relationship with your surroundings. All li...
I would instead say that maths is a branch of logic. It's a specialized form of logic, and that's what makes it so precise. But the same thing which m...
I find this very agreeable. It is by recognizing that others are living, thinking, beings, that we apprehend the mind as an object which needs to be u...
Well, the description of a square wave, as a wave which instantaneously changes from crest to trough, and vise versa, seems somewhat naïve to me. Wiki...
Try this. Consider that reasoning is something which you do, and it is also something which others do. Therefore it is something which goes on inside ...
I explained the alternative, it involves first, the recognition that our measurement techniques are inadequate for measuring some aspects of the world...
I don't dispute that there are different senses of "know". But I think that they all involve some form of identity. Familiarity involves recognition w...
That's what a difference of opinion amounts to, your series of assertions versus my series of assertions. The question is, who's series of assertions ...
In that case, what is known is the formal relations, the logic of the conceptual structure, and these relations are identified. It is simply a differe...
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