"Appears to be a natural fact", doesn't get us anywhere. it always appeared to be a natural fact, but that's irrelevant. The fact is that "uncertainty...
Consider this, quantum mechanics demonstrates to us the real existence of possibilities in the physical world. However, quantum mechanics does not pro...
That's right, the organization inherent within organic molecules extends to the most fundamental levels of the physical parts of these molecules. This...
I thought the origin of that one was Nadian, rather than Merican. Incidentally, I've heard that "Canada" comes from the Portuguese from land of nothin...
I think you need to recognize distinct uses for "thing". This makes "thing" have a much wider range of usage than that outlined by your definition whe...
The cause/effect relationship between means and ends deserves analysis. The basic representation is as you outline here, methods are employed as the m...
The first thing I need to correct you on, is that energy is not measured it is calculated. Measurements are made, a formula is applied, and the quanti...
What you are saying, is that we ought to conceive of absolute nothingness as something other than a thing. No problem there, right? But then you defin...
The principal premise of your argument is: "For something to exist/be true, it must be a thing." To consider the soundness of your conclusion we need ...
I don't think this concept of nothingness works, because it renders what you call the quantum leap as unintelligible, impossible to understand. It may...
I don't agree with this. The reason for modeling "particles" is to account for the waves' interaction with physical bodies. This is exemplified by the...
The problem is that some people take religion very seriously, and you want to shout about them in the shoutbox as if what they take seriously is some ...
Quantum mechanics provides a very good example of the incompatibility between being and becoming I've been talking about, which Plato and Aristotle ex...
Yes, because at that time in my childhood when my atheism was consolidated, that possibility was not considered. As I said my atheism was based in a f...
Thanks for the time Df, I do not think it was wasted. I know you've helped me to reconsider and better understand some things in the past, and I'm loo...
I switched from atheist to theist. As a very young child, I was exposed to "God is watching you, don't do anything bad or you'll be punished". So I te...
Creamed tuna! It can't be beat. On toast, on biscuits, on potatoes. Whatever's available, it's always good. But you missed my favourite, on rice. Ever...
I did, Metaphysics Bk 4 Ch 7-8, where he discusses change and the applicability of the of excluded middle . You refuse to address it. What's the point...
Wait, what kind of activity is not always a change? I think activity is always a change, whether it's change of place, or change of some quality. Acti...
OK, I think we can start from this point. What I described as a "particular idea", you say is not a particular at all, in the sense of substance, but ...
Are you familiar with the law of identity? I mean do you understand its presentation and meaning, rather than just being able to copy the conventional...
A category is "specific", not "particular". This is because the parameters of the category are specified, and are not necessarily "particular", meanin...
A signifies one particular. Therefore in that expression of the law of identity there is no difference between the left and right side. However, since...
This is a misrepresentation. The idea, as design or form in the mind of the artist exists as the idea of a particular, not of a universal. The thing d...
The telos or end as the intent of the designer, is actual, and prior to the material existence of the thing. This is Wayfarer's principle, or blueprin...
I demonstrated a very accurate understanding. But you requested math, which is not necessary for an accurate understanding of the principles involved....
This is inconsistent with Aristotle's Metaphysics. A thing is necessarily the thing which it is and cannot not be the thing it is, by the law of ident...
If you think one has to do the math to understand special relativity, you clearly haven't read Einstein's book. This is a ridiculous conversation. But...
If the "principle" has a separate existence can't we call it a "thing"? But to the point of the op, @"Dfpolis", doesn't this separate existence, wheth...
But the question is whether those things have a real or true shape, independent from a frame of reference. That you can provide a measurement, and a r...
If the soul, as the form of the body, is the blueprint, or principle of organization, and the living body comes into existence as an organized body, t...
You haven't provided an argument. The fact is that depending on the frame of reference, measurement of the same thing will be different, and not any o...
No it is not "appearance" only. That is the whole point of relativity theory, it is what is really the case if e adhere to relativity theory. Just lik...
To be more precise, Berkeley described how the existence of matter is an unnecessary assumption. He provided very good arguments, and demonstrated how...
I believe that foundational flaws are flaws of the ends rather flaws of the means which are methodological flaws or flaws of technique, according to t...
I agree that epistemology is always posterior to metaphysics, so perhaps you have drawn the wrong conclusion from my argument. In your glass analogy, ...
Go to their site and order your own. Their goal has always been to make prescription eyewear affordable to everyone. There's a huge markup in the indu...
It is not "objective" when the intent and purpose is to maintain consistency with the definition you provided, "inheres within the object". What you a...
The point to this analogy, better known as the tinted glass analogy, is that to settle this question it must be determined whether or not the glass ad...
I can't see how you understand this as consistent with your definition of "objective" as "inherent in the object". Clearly any judgement similar to th...
I believe this is a very important point which needs much more respect than it is commonly given. When there is a multitude of possibilities present, ...
I cannot follow your use of "objective" here. You define it as "inherent in the object". But according to the article of the op, the human mind has no...
It was actually @"unenlightened"'s phrase. It was meant to express what the op was about. The issue is that to get a true representation of reality we...
I agree with this, and I think the issue is the question of how we can arrive at a "correct way" to put back the subjectivity. If we define "correct w...
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