Well, I think if we're talking about emergency, we ought to consider the whole category, not just "emergent chemical features". If the reality of the ...
Axioms are simply produced, created. The ones which prove to be useful are put to use, and they persist by becoming conventional. "Truths about Existe...
That is the heart of the issue. With logic, we might demonstrate the "validity" of the non-physical, but if the logic is sound, it would also demonstr...
So I assume you are restricting the concept of "emergence" so that the products of nuclear reactions are not included as forms of emergence. How would...
Since there is a whole lot of difference between the different types of numbers you outline, I think it a very good idea for a mathematician to look f...
I believe 99.999 per cent of an atom's mass is in the nucleus. And you claim the internal structure is irrelevant to "emergent phenomenon". I think yo...
The answer to your problem is quite simple. In mathematics things are done by axiom. If you want to count to infinity and beyond, simply produce an ax...
The reality of non-physical actuality is demonstrated by logic, and the logic proceeds from premises derived from physical activity. The aspects of ph...
"Strong emergency" in the title is very eye-catching. I thought it was going to be a thread about the relationship between down-ward causation and glo...
The question of what "a set" is, the definition of "set", becomes an issue when you consider the possibility of an empty set. If a "set" is taken to b...
No, the big bang does not work better. Something not being there, then there, is not the problem, because the thing could move there. What is the prob...
The judgement I was speaking of was whether or not the approaching object is John. But I think I see your point, this implies that I've already judged...
A cause, by definition, has an effect on something. The thing which it has an effect on must preexist the cause. In other words, "cause" implies "chan...
The supposed "heat death" is an interesting issue. The heat death is the result of entropy which is the natural effect of the passage of time. "Entrop...
So this is the doubt which flannel jesus is obsessed with. Flannel seems to think that the doubt created by all that "incidental evidence" implies tha...
It appears there is a vicious circle. Philosophim removes the infinite regress, or eternal circle of causation, breaking the chain by inserting "reaso...
You have demonstrated that you have no interest in discussing the judgement by which something is labeled as evidence, not even agreeing with me that ...
But you are making unjustified claims about "the reason" for the first cause's existence. It's not as simple as you make it sound. The question is not...
You spoiled the fun. I was waiting to see how long it would take flannel jesus to actually justify what was claimed, through a description of probabil...
I know it makes sense to you, because as I've already mentioned you think, in an illogical way. Some study of critical thinking may be useful. You dem...
Do you mean, scientists show us that they adapt their conceptions of time and space according to the different problems which arise, and the new evide...
No, of course not! Why would I judge it as evidence of "John is approaching" if I thought it was compatible with "John Is not approaching"? I am not c...
Time and space are conceptions we apply toward the understanding of our surroundings. Kant calls them pure a priori intuitions. It does not make sense...
OK, if you don't want to come up with your own example, here's something nice and simple for you. I'm standing on the street and I see something at a ...
My discussion of intention, free will, final cause, did not consist of vague maybes. That, as I demonstrated is a faulty conclusion. The conclusion is...
Did you not read my post? I answered that question already, here: Clearly I said that I judged the item as 'evidence" of the claim being true, without...
I believe Alanis at one point came out with a statement about that song, saying something like 'isn't it ironic that a song about irony has no real ir...
Ok, I will try to put myself into that imaginary scenario, so we can proceed. I am considering the truth or falsity of a claim. Someone presents me wi...
I was just telling you where the information can be found. There's much reading and too much for me to present to you here. Your argument is refuted b...
I think you've already told me why you disagree. If you think you can justify what appears to me to be very clearly illogical behaviour, with an appea...
That is not correct. You stated the first cause in a "chain of events". This does not imply "first" absolutely, it only implies first in that chain. T...
I do not think that GPT has been adequately dealt the capacity to judge what counts as "evidence". GPT has not been trained in critical thinking. It w...
I surely disagree with this. Let me present my evidence, in no way is it compatible with "my disagreement with you wasn't about physicalism". It was y...
Thanks to this discussion, I now think I understand the faulty logic which persuades you of physicalism. Stuff which you judge to be compatible with n...
The issue is the limits to what "cause" means, not the limits to what "first" means. Reference to "chain of events" implies a specific meaning for "ca...
This is simple denial of the trickery you employed. If you do not address the issue that I mentioned, which exposed your question as trickery, I will ...
Philosophim's statement is rather meaningless. We could just as well replace "cause" with "thing" here, and say either all things have a prior thing o...
Your question is simple trickery as I explained, like the old example 'have you stopped beating your wife?' Answering it would be to agree to your ter...
This is what I dispute. You do not have the principles required to say "there is no other reason why it exists. You have your own reason for assuming ...
I see there is a need to distinguish between "process" as a particular process, a particular event which is happening to a particular physical object,...
What I find in metaphysics is logical demonstrations as to why this idea of "a chain receding to infinity" is unrealistic. That type of chain is shown...
It is useful, but It's not a description. Spatial concepts, geometry, dimensions and such, are all like this, very useful, as mathematical axioms are,...
The point though is that physicalism, by definition denies the possibility that non-physicalism is correct. That's the point of physicalism. Therefore...
This is what I think makes your sense of "first cause" unintelligible, the stipulation that it cannot be explained by anything other than itself. So l...
That is not a description. You are not providing the relevant information in your example. That the DNA is evidence of the person committing the crime...
That was just and idea. What I really believe is what I wrote later in the next post, that you need to consider two distinct types of cause. This way,...
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