As I said, "object" is left ambiguous by Peirce. I haven't offered any interpretation of "object" due to this problem. And you are wrong to say that s...
You're really touchy aren't you? It's as if you are actually afraid of being infected by the dreaded "nominalism thought virus". Let me remind you, th...
As much as you think that nominalism holds sway in the western world, I find that it has been supplanted by Platonic realism, in the last few hundred ...
What I keep saying, is that there is no such past_present_future continuum. The continuum would be future-past, and the present is distinct, outside t...
That "unnecessary" layer is my interpretation. As I explained, it can be understood with reference to mathematical Platonism. We understand "the numbe...
The science of perception, like every other science suffers the same problem. Why would you think that it would be exempt? Suggesting that it would be...
I can give you a very clear answer to this question by way of the tinted glass analogy. When looking at the world through a tinted glass, it is necess...
I have a lot of respect for Charles Peirce, but from what I've read, he misses the mark with his ontology of "the object". This might be due to a desi...
Imagine standing still, and watching something pass you from right to left. You, in your perspective, or point of view, are "outside" that motion, bei...
I think we need to distinguish between doubting the means, and doubting the end. Notice that this passage takes the ends (desires) for granted, so tha...
Once, during an evening stroll on the beach in New Jersey, we came across two people fishing. They showed us their catch, and my brother picked one up...
OK, I'll accept this as what you are trying to say then. By "determinism" you mean that a person chooses but they have no choice in what they choose, ...
The office plankton assumes oneself to have ascended to a higher level on the ladder of success, than the office amoeba, because the plankton does som...
"Various sources"? What does that mean, that it's an AI generated piece of crap, compiled from cherry picking sites most often visited? Isn't that jus...
As we discussed, and you agreed, choice is impossible if determinism is true. Simply put, "choice" is not an appropriate word in this context, otherwi...
The point though, is that "infinity" and "infinitesimal" refer to completely different things. That "infinity" refers to a Platonic object does not im...
Being outside of time, the present would be categorically distinct from the future and past which are the components of time. So neither can be said t...
Have you still not answered this question? I think it's very clear that "infinitesimals" do not qualify as Platonic objects, because they do not have ...
You agreed with my argument which showed that having both of two contrary ideas in the mind, at the same time, is a requirement for making a choice be...
Sure, and working out complex problems is where the use of symbols is very effective, for the reason I just explained. That's why mathematics, which e...
The question of whether time exists or not is not relevant here, it's just a distraction. What is relevant is that all of time is either in the past o...
The present, "now" exists outside of time. All existent time consists of past time and future time, whereas the present, now, is a point or moment, wh...
Thank you RussellA, I take back what I said about you refusing to acknowledge things which are contrary to your belief. This is why any rational perso...
That you are wrong, is logically demonstrated in the following way: Consider our example, "should I stay, or should I go". Suppose I think first "shou...
I don't know, you'd have to put that into context. Anyway, "time", and "cons-creative" are not at all the same thing, so I don't see how that would be...
You are changing the subject we are not talking about what the person is feeling, we are talking about the ideas that at a person has. So, as I said, ...
What's "the determinator", the hand of God? Is that like if your clock gets left behind, you have to reset it or else all your actions get at the wron...
Speaking is a physical act, and that requires a choice to say one or the other first, as I said. However, the fact that they cannot both be said by th...
Try one of those highfalutin molecular gastronomical eateries, where the chef comes to your table and says we mix these agents with those catalysts, a...
This is a faulty argument because your designated time of "1pm" is completely arbitrary, and not representative of the true nature of time. As indicat...
I think the science is that acid cuts fat, so acid and fat blend well in food. Tomatoes go well with fatty foods, cheese, etc.. A lot of fish is nonfa...
I don't see how this is relevant. Then you do not accept my explanation. Free will is not about the thoughts, it concerns the acts. Yes it is possible...
Haven't you seen parts of your body start to move without being acted on by an external force? If the "reason" for movement is an immaterial "idea", t...
What is distorted when cons-creative is embedded within cons-reactive, is cons-creative. This is because that embedding is a fundamental misunderstand...
The issue is not "whether free will is an illusion or not". It is whether the person believes in free will or not. If you can demonstrate to me how in...
Who said anything about "something created from nothing"? I said that the rule, for using the symbol, is prior in time to the symbol's existence, as t...
Personally, I don't see too much point in discussing philosophy with someone who doesn't believe in free will. The entire discussion would then have t...
I think you need to look at written symbols independently from written words. Then you'll see that there is necessarily "a grammar" behind any writing...
There are two very distinct ways of looking at this. You describe consciousness as reactive here, the other way is to describe consciousness as creati...
Notice that I distinguished between a law of physics, and a law of nature. What you describe is an inductive principle, like a law of physics. That is...
Yes, this is the issue which Plato addressed. When a lightening strike occurs, there has already been many events of the same type (lightening strikes...
Here's another related problem, which was given much consideration by the ancient Greeks, like Plato and Aristotle. Plato thought that since things ex...
How could a wavelength of 700nm exist in the world? Wavelength is a measurement, or a complex idea which serves as a standard for measurement. As such...
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