Metaphysician Undercover

But how is taking a train to go "wherever" classified as doing things correctly? What signals you to get off that train? And where do you go after you...

That's very observant of you fishfry. Generally speaking, one's language use is a reflection of the conventions and habits which the society has immer...

That sounds like a groovy trip, definitely not same ole same ole. But how is taking a ride to an uncertain location being responsible?

This is a fair proposal. It bases value in existence, allowing for "intrinsic value" by the very fact that a thing's existence is intrinsic to it. The...

Since value is relative, in the way I described, your discussion of "intrinsic value" doesn't make any sense. It's an oxymoron. Things like pain and p...

What I've argued is that this use of "same", is not consistent with "same" as defined by the law of identity. And if this sense of "same" is claimed t...

I don't think mathematics/set theory deals with identity at all. I think that identity is an ontological principle defined by the law of identity. Mat...

The problem with this perspective can be found through reference to Aristotle, as the others have indicated. "Value" is relative, and it is determined...

This provides a good representation of this thread. Use a term with sufficient ambiguity, "information" in this case, so that the unintelligible is ad...

Are you implying that one has to "pull up the floorboards" to access the plumbing? Can't we just go into the basement?

"Same" has a meaning in the law of identity. So when you say that the axiom of extensionality is a statement of "identity", you are employing the conc...

OMG, The Sacred Cows plagiarized The Fugs. I guess there's a lot of truth to that old comedy.

Don't mention "kill" here. Remember Get Smart and the Groovy Guru. The Sacred Cows sing "Kill, Kill, Kill, Thrill, Thrill, Thrill" https://www.youtube...

The 80s was kind of a down period, probably all that industry hype about CDs taking over the market. The vinyl groove would be dead in its tracks. But...

"Subject" is a complicated word. I believe that the meaning of "subject" in the sense of referring to a person, is derived from the ruler-subject rela...

I would say, it's not the power of one's own thoughts which is the subject here, but the power of the divinity which the contemplative mind comes into...

Just call me Al: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA

Simon don't need to get no rhymes from a lamp post, he's already imbibed in the full groove.

Reference to the feelings wheel (https://feelingswheel.com/) did not reveal any feeling called "groovy". I think it must be a confluence of many good ...

"Groovy" is a really cool word. I think it must be derived from the grooves of a vinyl record. Hum a tune and if the producer thinks you've got someth...

The primary problem of hydrogen fuel is the challenge to create pure hydrogen. The secondary issue is the explosive nature of the fuel. The article yo...

@"fishfry" From that wiki page: "or in words: Given any set A and any set B, if for every set X, X is a member of A if and only if X is a member of B,...

Ha, ha, very funny.

Some dams double as a bridge. Did you remember to count them?

I take it that no one wants to address the issue of the philosopher's (whether the philosopher is a solitary white man or not) relationship with the d...

I think it's a difference of height. A deer can jump over a fence, but not a wall.

To "exist" is not well defined, and we tend to use it in whatever way we find suitable for the occasion. I agree, it is likely that a thorough analysi...

I don't understand why you would say this. How can you conclude that the principle is false? To be, or as you state it, "esse", is to be something, an...

The point was the reality of our communion with the divine. It shows that Midgley's representation ("Philosophers have generally talked for instance a...

The logic of "being and non-being", represents the discrete nature of the reality of "now". At each moment as time passes, there is a true representat...

What Berkeley did was ridicule the common notion of "matter", and this invited a reciprocation of the ridicule. The difference is that Bishop Berkeley...

I can tell you why matter doesn't exist, in a very simple and straight forward way. "Matter" is an Aristotelian concept, and the conceptual structure ...

I find this to be a bit scrambled but I'll see what I can do to sort it out with my understanding of Berkeley. First, I do not think that Berkeley cou...

I think philosophy is the embracing of mess and muddle. Notice, that for Berkeley "matter" is presented as a concept which would commonly be used to a...

The point though, is that another visionary just takes up the idea, and actually takes charge of enacting policy. That's just your subjective opinion....

Yeah, and when philosophers disengage from ordinary human life, that's when their own lives become a real mess and muddle. That's not what I' saying. ...

Another example of how you make faulty assertions. It seems like you have a tendency to claim that you are sure about things, when your professed cert...

In case you wonder way I stray from the op, it's because, based on what I've read here, I totally agree that this is “trivial, irrelevant intrusion of...

I don't see how whether the ideas are adopted when the person is alive or dead is relevant to what we were talking about. You said: "Do these big-pict...

From Aristotle, "something that exists by itself", is commonly translated as "subsists", and this is understood as "having subsistence", therefore "ex...

I think you are wrong, and these people did effect changes within their lifetimes. However that little disagreement is irrelevant because the conditio...

In ancient times we could begin with Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas. And since these three were greatly influenced by Plato, we could designate him...

Never say "never". You appear to be not well educated in the history of humanity. That is correct, "supposed" is the operative word here, and its sele...

I agree, and this is what makes epistemology so difficult. Epistemologists will try to reduce all knowledge to one category, one description or defini...

We don't know the reasons for life on earth. The human being, as a species, is just one small part of the overall organisms, just like you and I are j...

If I could do it all over, I would still major in philosophy. But, I never expected practical application. Why did I do it? So I could feel right at h...

"Good" is clearly defined by a larger context than the social context. This is evident in principles which relate to respect for other life forms whic...

I believe that's known as "manners". Which manners are adhered to, differs according to social context, and manners can be classed as good or bad rela...

We never actually filled the yard, we'd just put a pint or two in the bottom, and "sip" it. The critical feature is that it's a yard long, so the beer...

Looks like a miniature version of the yard glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_of_ale