Is it possible for you to be not perceiving the world while you are still alive? Would this be when you are asleep? But don't things still wake you up...
The cave allegory is explicitly presented as a metaphor, that's why it's known as an "allegory". Plato does not conclude that all we see is shadows, h...
There is no need for a list of contributing factors to demonstrate free will. The fact that not one of the multitude of contributing factors can be sa...
Of course, I don't think anyone would disagree with this, so it doesn't need to be argued. But I don't think it's relevant to the question of free wil...
The point though is that ordinary language misleads us when we discuss the nature of reality, therefore the philosopher must be very wary about this. ...
Like I explained, that does not imply that the past determines the decision. There must be a first time for everything. Have you never heard of a proc...
I suggest you read Plato more closely. The "Form of the Good" is unknowable, even to the philosopher. So what Plato talks about is "the good", and the...
There's no logic to support that conclusion. The decisions are made concerning the future, and they are made at the present. The present is prior in t...
It does not remove "us" from the will. As I explained, it inverts the relation so that "us" is attributed to the will rather than "will" being attribu...
If the person acts on it, it must be a "real" good, because it caused the person to act. Whether it is later judged as being a mistaken act is irrelev...
The problems described here arise from a misrepresentation of the nature of time. We would require a better representation of freedom in relation to p...
You are just asking for a contradiction. You want to say "the decisions are mine", as if you are determining them, so that you can say "this contradic...
I agree, compatibilists are generally people who do not want to think out the problems, so they insist there is no problem. You are characterizing "th...
Plato placed emotion as the intermediary between contrary forces, the body and the mind. Sometimes emotion takes direction from the mind, like when th...
No one expects that the will is free in an absolute way. That is not how we use 'free", and it seems like a sort of ridiculous idea. That's what I was...
Ayer's problem (which is common to most modern philosophers) is that he approaches the distinction between the real good and the apparent good from th...
That seemed to be the objection you were raising, that Berkeley's and Locke's arguments removed the need for potential, as matter. I explained, the ex...
Wouldn't it be absolutely free, without any boundaries or limitations whatsoever? But that's just my guess, I really don't know what you're talking ab...
You might try increasing the dosage. You cannot dismiss all that you see while you're on acid as not real, because you must see some real things or el...
Notice though, that the only way you make the correct prediction possible is by restricting the possible choices of the agent. The more you restrict t...
Not only that, but the meaning of "evidence" to some here has been so narrowed down by empirical principles, that it could only mean something which a...
That's right, the example is nonsense, because it has not been proven that the perfect prediction of an individual's actions which is described by the...
You are not at all paying attention to the difference between capacity, or potential, and a disposition, which I explained. They are opposing terms in...
I think you misrepresent Hawking's intentions sime. In "The Grand Design" he presents himself as having an adequate understanding of philosophical pro...
Materialism is the root of avarice. The value of money is based in material goods. Spiritual values are often seen to be inconsistent with material va...
That's what I disagreed with, that math is regarded by philosophers as the ultimate paradigm, "the standard" for knowledge. Perhaps Descartes characte...
But the question is, how does this relate to "Reality". How does the fact that you and I agree that the answer to 2+2 is 4 say anything about reality....
Well, the fourth part of the "conceptual map" seems to be at odds with the first three. 1. Recognizing the reality of societal collapse. 2. Letting go...
What justifies putting math in a different category? If math is just a different way of using language, how does it possibly obtain this status of "ob...
This is what they say: "On this website, we use the terms societal collapse or breakdown to describe the ending of our modern ways of sustaining human...
The reality of "metaphysical entities" beyond physical actions is necessitated by logic. That is, sound logic demonstrates the reality of "metaphysica...
That's the point I was making. When we properly look at the issue, the question of "directness or indirectness" becomes incidental and insignificant. ...
OK, now do you agree that a person must have the capacity to walk across the room prior to actually walking across the room? And, this is not the capa...
The two or not quite analogous. Perception is a capacity, as you say, the perceiver is "capable of exercising that capacity". So it is a special type ...
It is the natural outcome of relativity theory, when relativity theory is taken to be true. Relativity is a very useful category of theories which all...
I didn't say that. I said that the perceiver (in general) is the medium between the perception and the perceived. No, I would not say that. The nervou...
Your question is made irrelevant by the conditions I described. The two described conditions are things perceived, and the perceptions. The perceiver ...
I've read a lot of metaphysics, and I've never seen magic in the repertoire. Maybe an example would help. Such a "magical" explanation would not be me...
That accurately sums up this thread. I would say that it is going nowhere, slowly. If philosophers would respect the fact that there is always a mediu...
It's sort of ironic that after stipulating the relativity of simultaneity, Einstein would become a staunch realist. If he was not being outright contr...
You seem confused. I agree that metaphysics looks to explain what hasn't yet been explained, but magic is not the hallmark of metaphysics. Magic doesn...
I did not restrict the options of gods to the logical, because I was not talking about the options of gods. I was talking about the type of knowledge ...
When something so relied upon goes down, it can create panic, and chaos may follow. But I think it really depends on how the service is interrupted. W...
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