The result of hip replacement is, in a large percentage of cases, said to be nothing less than excellent. It's sometimes said to be like a miracle. So...
I know, I expected a reply like this. You and I have significant difference in how we understand "understand". You seem to think that if a person can ...
I mean, that since time is an essential aspect of activities, then to correctly understand any activity requires a correct understanding of time. For ...
Do you not agree that moral philosophy deals with human activity? And, to adequately understand "activity" of any kind requires an understanding of ti...
OK, so you propose a dualism, what is referred to by "the world", and what is referred to by "some way" that the world is. I put it to you that this d...
I don't see why you can't understand the problems with what you are arguing. "Facts about the world" implies two distinct things to make it coherent; ...
But "facts about the world" are statements about the world. Who judges what qualifies as "about the world", and makes the appropriate statements rathe...
I think we are pretty much at an impasse Dan. We have no hope of understanding each other, as we go deeper and deeper in opposite directions. I said "...
What a surprise. Aren't all wars about politics? Don't hold your breath on that one. Remember, he said he'd stop the war before taking office. Is it t...
Yes, war seems to be ramping up, contrary to Trump's claim that if elected he'd have the war stopped before even taking office, because he knows Putin...
There is another solution, as I've indicated, "God". Relativity very clearly assumes a lack of objective truth about motion. All temporal concepts, ve...
Haha, that's funny, but obviously incorrect. If the claim "truth is subjective" is true, that in no way implies that the claim is objectively true. Su...
A further distinction to made here is the difference between movement, which is a change of place known by one object's position relative to another, ...
I'm sorry to keep pestering you on this matter, but that is an assertion which needs to be justified. You can claim this over and over again, but repe...
The meaning of symbols, is as interpreted by an individual mind, and is therefore subjective. Therefore true or false is a subjective judgement. I exp...
As I said, this is incomprehensible to me because whether or not a statement of claim is true, is dependent on interpretation of the statement, and co...
"Truth" is a judgement we make of a statement. Without a god, who do you propose, makes these statements and judgements? It appears we may have a simi...
That "X is right" is a judgement, just like "this thing I'm typing on is a keyboard" is a judgement. Are you assuming "God" to make this judgement "re...
There's nothing non-normative on my part. You are the one who has already admitted to having non-normative principles. Look, if people are ok with it,...
No, "protocol" means something like "standard rules for any procedure". It does not mean "best available method", just the conventional or standard me...
If there is relevant protocol, the method for producing the desired consequences is to consult protocol. If in situation A, and desired outcome is Z, ...
We have significant differences of belief concerning "meaning" and "understanding" which makes further discussion on that issue rather pointless. The ...
But that's not knowing what the choice "means" which is your definition. "Meaning" is defined in relation to purpose, intention. Again, this would be ...
I've noticed that. I want to focus on reality, talk about the way things are, and allow that to have due bearing on the propositions we make. But you ...
Did you read my post? I didn't say anything about competing supermarket chains, or banks. I said something about individuals who hire competing privat...
Yes, I'll hire my private security company, you hire yours, Moliere will hire another, ssu another, etc.. Then these companies will each be operating ...
"What it means to make that choice" in the case of the child, is to acknowledge an end to experiences. That's what you said. "Experiences" is the desi...
So this is the motivation for your anarchism, you dislike taxation? Who is going to maintain the roads and all the infrastructure? But of course, dist...
The problem is that your arguments are based in premises which are far removed from reality, i.e. false. Therefore it is necessary to demonstrate the ...
You seem to be quite adept at ignoring all the aspects of reality which are not consistent with your argument. A person does not choose to be born int...
I do not see how this is substantially different from the shirt buying example. The child does not know that death is contrary to what is desired, mor...
The point I was trying to express, is that reality is what we make it to be, as in the the op, mind created world. So to correspond with reality means...
There is more to truth than consistency, there is also the matter of correspondence with reality. This is why interpretation is pivotal. To judge whet...
This I believe is the key phrase toward understanding javra's position on this matter. We must consider "2+2=4" to be a sequence of symbols requiring ...
Yes, watch me. I can be just as immature as you are. You want to immaturely run away and ignore anyone who produces evidence and logic which proves yo...
I just cannot grasp what you mean by "understand". As I think I've shown, your use of the word does not match what you say it means. If "understanding...
Perhaps, but the point is that "I felt like it", as the post hoc answer, indicates a lack of understanding of what the choice meant to the person at t...
That's bullshit strawman and you know it. I just demonstrated why your claim that violence is rarely justified, and hardly ever justified is false. I ...
But you are not paying respect to the reality (truth) of the situation. The truth is that there is significant multitude of individuals in the world w...
I gave two quotes from you, concerning the conclusion I am talking about.. One, that it is unjust to use violence except in "rare cases", and the othe...
As I pointed out to you, and you have still not replied, no logic allows you to move from the premise that it is only acceptable to use violence to pr...
This is where the problem is then. This phrase "such that they could apply their rationality to it" implies that applying rationality to it is done po...
OK, so how can a person be said to understand the nature of a choice, and have applied their rationality to it, when the choice is contrary to what th...
I know that isn't what your talking about when you mention "understanding their own choices". In your usage "understanding" appears to have no meaning...
Clearbury, you are jumping to conclusion without the required premises, therefore your argument is illogical. That's why I've bee telling you that you...
Whatever it is that kills people would be the explanation here. It doesn't have to be "the world". We call whatever it is, that seems to be not a part...
I don't follow your argument. Those people had no rights under Nazi rule, that's why they were exterminated. If they had rights they would not have be...
Intuitions are not formed to be consistent with reality. According to evolutionary theory they are shaped by some sort of survival principles. There i...
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