Sure, but I think that these two are incompatible, so then we might just as well accept that they are different types of actuality. This is the metaph...
Concepts do not have physical existence. And the fact that a concept is useful does not imply that there is anything physical which corresponds with t...
That, I would say is an interesting problem, which appears to be giving Philosophim some difficulty, the relationship between the first cause, and the...
I think you'd be surprised by what some physicists believe about time. I happen to know a few. It's very simple. No part of time, past, present, or fu...
I don't see the logic. If it is compatible with non-physicalist ideas, then it is not evidence for physicalism because it's equally evidence for non-p...
Let me put it another way. The free will itself is not a first cause, because it is a property of the soul, and it is therefore guided by the intentio...
I would think that "physicalism" is quite strict, not allowing for the possibility of an open door. Isn't that what physicalism is, saying that there ...
Holy shit! Who is this Winner568? How come I didn't read about that in the Bannings column? I've concluded that the topic of "Warped Mechanics" is eff...
What are you saying, I'm a physicalist but I'll own up to the possibility that physicalism might be wrong? I'm a physicalist and I don't mind admittin...
I take it that you are not prepared to make any judgements about the relationship between the two "modes of explanation". I don't agree with your clai...
That statement was addressed to Philosophim. To you i said I didn't understand you. But don't you agree that what you call "springs of action" are fir...
Glad to be back Philosophim. I don't quite understand this. An event which cannot be predicted is not necessarily purely random. I understand a freely...
Ok, you agree with me then. The free will act I described appeared to be random, but really it was a "first cause". Doesn't my example of dropping the...
Then you obviously know that the instrument does not need to be tuned relative to any specific pitch, pitches, to be "in tune" and produce harmony. An...
@"Banno" GP is an interesting character, very elusive and careful not to take a stand on any issue which might be controversial. I think it uses a sor...
Do you accept a free will act as a true first cause? Take your ball example. Imagine that you are holding the ball intent on letting it drop at some p...
As I said, you do not at all understand the tuning of a stringed instrument. It is not necessarily tuned to any specific pitch. The notes which the in...
Nothing compares with Montana, a place where a guy could be a dental floss tycoon and ride a mighty hoss down to the cawfee shop. Best of all, the ope...
I disagree with this. I think it is a matter of reasoning. Aristotle's so-called "cosmological argument" begins from the reality of change, and contin...
Sorry I don't see the relevance. What I pointed to was Socrates' description of "harmony", to show you that it is inconsistent with your description o...
ChatGPT has become evasive, saying nothing of any value here. What it says is that the use of "identity" in logic is "nuanced" and variable, and this ...
Thanks Banno, it appears like CGPT has a lot of respect for me. It concludes that "Identity" in logic is "context-specific", therefore not consistent,...
That's just a fiction, made up by selfish Saul (whom you may know under the pseudonym Paul) the great infiltrator, and corruptor of Christianity. Jesu...
Thanks Banno, for providing a reply not chock full of confirmation bias. Unfortunately for you, and others who take the position you have, the unbiase...
I suppose, I'm not familiar with the terminology of probabilities, I don't bet. In logic, "a=b" might indicate that a is the same subject as b, defini...
The particular word used is not relevant. What is relevant is how Plato describes what is being talked about. We have the passage from Simmias which I...
This appears quite contrary for someone who tends to assert that meaning is use. As human beings, you and I are equal. We are the same kind. This mean...
None of this shit is "tangible". "Infinite" is not tangible. That's the issue, because it's not tangible, mathematicians are free to create all sorts ...
I thought Jesus was in the category of human, until he got kicked out, executed for claiming himself to be of another category. The act of kicking him...
That's what I do, take everything to the most base level, and lay it out plain and simple. But the simple confuses many because at the most simple lev...
Your entire argument seems to be centered around a misinterpretation of the theory, "the soul is a harmony". Clearly, the "harmony", or what you are c...
:"Some of us" get lost in self-deception. The question is which are the ones who are lost. The two expressions, the 1 and the 0.9? are said to be equa...
I think that this is a very interesting question, and goes to the heart of what current AI processes actually are. It's more a topic for the philosoph...
Since you did not answer the question, I take it you agree with me then. The three arguments found at 92-94 provide a very good refutation of the theo...
Your quoted passages in the "short answer" are all before 92 in the text, which is where the argument against 'the soul is a harmony begins'. The issu...
Simmias says, 85e-86d: Socrates' refutation of 'the soul is a harmony' (92-94) consists of three distinct arguments. Each one argues a slightly differ...
How can you say this in light of what I presented? If "object" is supposed to have the same meaning when referring to a physical thing which we can se...
There is more than one such distinction, between object and subject, because these words have multiple meanings. Consider the following: The use of th...
I guess it depends on what you take the goal of science to be, usefulness or truthfulness. Traditionally, in "the scientific method", the ability to p...
Yes, i think there definitely is a "survivorship bias". Consider that only the best really got preserved. Most ancient Greek principles, from the Ioni...
I don't quite see how you think that "strong emergence" gets around Plato\s trap. Can you explain what you mean here? Foolos4 simply equivocates with ...
I disagree. Identical twins, very similar to clones, obviously feel like two different people. And research on animals shows that clones have differen...
I believe the issue here is the force of habit. "Habit" was first described by Aristotle, as a sort of property (in Latin, "to have") of an active bei...
This is exactly the problem I was talking about. It's nothing but a vicious circle. There is nothing there to provide any principles for judgement as ...
I stand corrected then. Dialectical pride is like the tip of the iceberg. The real issue is not the dialectic exclusion which is evident as the sympto...
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