I am not suggesting that it's a cut and dry issue, actually I am suggesting something quite contrary, that things are more complex than you might thin...
The problem here is that the intent of ethics is not to maintain the status quo. It is not to maintain the human form. Ethics is all about improvement...
As I said, until it can be demonstrated that a past event can be prevented, or produced, like a future one can be, then the evidence, and consequent i...
Actually, the future has become the past, that's what the passing of time does. We can designate a point in time, such as August 21, 2016, 12:00 noon ...
I believe that IBM is working on AI projects which will make Deep Mind look rather insignificant. In fact, some argue that Watson already makes Deep M...
It's very obvious, events which have already occurred cannot be changed, events which have not yet occurred can be promoted or prevented. This is a fu...
I believe you are adequately demonstrating the myth of chance, which I am referring to. You believe, and you claim that modern physics supports your b...
OK, this explains the future event, there is a chance that the outcome of the coin toss could be heads, and there is a chance that it could be tails. ...
Let me get this straight. By "outcome", I infer effect, rather than cause. So are you saying that when a particular event occurred, in the past, the o...
What do you think is meant by "the concept of a form of life"? In Aristotle's biology, "On the Soul (De Anima)", soul is defined as the first actualit...
Fine, but consider this in relation to an event which has already occurred. You cannot say that this event has the same probability of occurrence as s...
I think that what Is actually the case is slightly different from this. It is generally not because you are hungry that you eat food. We establish eat...
What makes you think that this is an abuse of language. Do you not believe that plants produce seeds for a purpose, and, that plants are non-conscious...
No, I don't believe that Tom. We often try for things we cannot obtain, or simply fail in our attempts, even if we do have the capacity. We've already...
No, but I definitely don't want to talk about random motions, that's just the type of talk I believe is nonsense. To believe in such a thing is to bel...
But this is more a description of being self-aware, and this is quite different from consciousness, which is simply being aware. Intention is proper t...
I would really like some indication as to what exactly, pleasure is. Enjoyment has been mentioned, but this doesn't tell me much. It might imply that ...
Intention is directly related to purpose. Do you believe that purpose is necessarily conscious purpose? Let's assume that life evolved form consisting...
An intentional act is one which is carried out for a purpose. That means that it is a part of a lager whole, the means toward an end. The whole, being...
This is exactly the kind of thinking which I am being critical of. Instead of singling out, and understanding the particular acts themselves, to see w...
Plato did much analysis of pleasure and pain, I'll see if I can recall some of the principles put forward by him. To begin with, pleasure is not to be...
Why does this appear to be so opposed to you example? In the example, a small event such as the butterfly flapping its wings, could have a huge differ...
No, to say that the plant intends to produce seed, is to say that it has as a goal, purpose, or objective, to produce seed. We've been through this al...
To say that the plant intends to produce seed implies that it is recognized by the speaker of the phrase, that it is possible that for one reason or a...
Entropy, to me, refers to the affect which the passing of time has on the physical world. But this concept reveals a deep deficiency in the thinking o...
They definitely have a relation to the future, but my favourite would be "let one's course be affected by" the future. That's exactly what I've been d...
Michael, I'm really tired of your childishness. You have an off-handed way of defining words for whatever suits your intention, with total disregard f...
And I am saying that it is quite clear that this is a mistaken assumption. It doesn't matter how many people agree with you, a mistaken assumption is ...
I am not misusing these words. You are attempting to impose unjustified restriction on my use of words. Look, "Intend" means to have as one's purpose....
Yes, there is always some type of foresight or projection toward the future with intention, but it may be very basic, to the extent of the will to con...
No, I am arguing for an agent which carries out the act of reading DNA and doing such things. It is your assumption, that anything which could carry o...
Now, consider what StreetlightX says: So here's an analogy. Consider that genes are like words, which, together in combination, produce something. You...
X is an attribute, a property which is necessarily attributed to something, and this implies the existence of A, which X is the property of. You say "...
This is where we have a difference of opinion, as to what constitutes "purposeful". I think that the carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis are usef...
This is the misunderstanding that we must reject in order to properly understand the existence of life. Do you think that photosynthesis is not a purp...
Now you have both turned to an external telos. But there is no reason to drop the notion of immanent telos, which is prior to, and acts as the cause o...
I think immanent telos is a good idea. But immanent implies inherent within, so to think that it is generated, or emergent from the system is somewhat...
Are you saying that "chance" in the sense of an occurrence which has neither a design nor a determinable cause is an incoherent notion? I tend to agre...
There seems to be some ambiguity with the use of the word "chance" in this thread. Allow me to clarify please. The principal use of the word, is to re...
Why would you call this "chance", something which has deterministic causes. If the weather forecaster forecasts no rain for tonight, then it rains, wo...
I'll explain why the existing evidence doesn't satisfy me. Any so-called random occurrence only happens within very specific parameters. This is neces...
I agree, Darwin did not flatly reject Lamarck's ideas of habituation. But Darwin was producing a refined scientific theory, adhering to empirical fact...
Why would you call this bastardizing, when I said that what he did was create consistency between Neo-Platonist and Aristotelian metaphysics? Isn't th...
For what it's worth darth, here's my opinion, and some things which you should consider. Neo-Platonist and Aristotelian metaphysics are very distinct ...
Epigenetics aside? You mean, the rule holds as long as we put aside the vast quantity of evidence which goes against the rule. OK, so "that isn't true...
For your information charleton, I have read a substantial amount of Darwin's work, as I have of Lamarck's. Notice in the op, that I indicate the desig...
I don't agree Mayor. When it is believed that there is a cause or reason for a particular occurrence, the cause or reason being unknown, yet the belie...
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