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The issue here is the type of "intuition" which could receive the noumena. Notice that Kant distinctly states that there is an intuition which these o...
July 30, 2023 at 11:49
We need a premise concerning the passing of time, to get from the present as what is happening, to "what has happened" and "what is yet to happen". In...
July 30, 2023 at 02:06
The flowing stream of time is a specific description from the perspective of the human presence. This is the perspective which gives us the continuous...
July 29, 2023 at 11:53
Thanks for the interesting reference apokrisis. But I think the Wikipedia article somewhat misrepresents Lamarckism, especially here: "In contrast, La...
July 28, 2023 at 11:45
I'm sorry ucarr, I did not make myself clear. I cannot conceive of the present itself as a flowing stream. It would have to be the perspective from wh...
July 28, 2023 at 10:54
As I said, your original question was incomprehensible to me. The part which followed "if not..." was a very poor representation (straw man) because t...
July 28, 2023 at 01:38
This is not what I am arguing for, it is what I called the "conventional" perspective, which I am arguing against as a misconception.. What I called "...
July 27, 2023 at 11:32
Measurement is of quantify. And we do not experience any distinct points, or quanta of time, which would provide for such a quantification. That is ce...
July 27, 2023 at 01:07
I gave a complete explanation. The past is defined as what has gone by in time, and this is substantiated by memory. The future is defined as what wil...
July 26, 2023 at 02:05
The question of the op is not what is the current practise, but which came first. Yeah sure, straight lines are already curved, just like squares are ...
July 25, 2023 at 11:00
Right, I think that what is really the case, is that "the present is defined relative to the past and the future". That is the conventional definition...
July 25, 2023 at 10:48
"Present" is defined by conscious experience, the presence of being. Past and future are defined by before and after in relation to a duration of time...
July 25, 2023 at 01:24
The issue I explained, is that I can conclude from a logical process, that my conscious experience of the present must consist partly of past. I went ...
July 24, 2023 at 11:10
Yes, it's actually intended to be a block to stand on to reach the top shelf of the cupboard.
July 24, 2023 at 02:24
I agree that the past is fixed, and the future is not, but this creates enormous, seemingly unsurmountable problems for understanding the nature of th...
July 24, 2023 at 02:20
To me, what you describe here is simply the way we speak. That it makes no sense to say that a person is asleep and awake, both at the same time, is s...
July 23, 2023 at 17:25
It's both, I explained. We determine logically that there must be a point in time when a change begins. So it's as I explained, we see logically that ...
July 23, 2023 at 13:44
I don't know, can you say what those ratios would be? You have to admit that what people can do with mathematics is extremely fascinating, even magica...
July 23, 2023 at 00:21
This is basic geometry. A curved line is fundamentally incompatible with a straight line because the one has two dimensions while the other only has o...
July 22, 2023 at 11:27
The problem here is that we need to know, with absolute certainty that the conditions have been met, in order for the experiment to be useful. The two...
July 22, 2023 at 11:07
This is the point we've come to. We seem to be in total agreement. I agree that "there must be" such points of distinction. That is what I've called t...
July 22, 2023 at 02:16
"If I had my little way I'd eat peaches every day Sun-soakin' bulges in the shade"
July 22, 2023 at 01:32
It seems this discussion has become rather pointless, even though you are continually trying to insert arbitrary points. This you do simply for the sa...
July 21, 2023 at 02:40
Sure, I might not be very agreeable, but if you read Stanford's article on a priori justification, you'll see that there are many problems with Kant\s...
July 21, 2023 at 01:44
It is incoherent to describe this as two distinct experiences, in succession, unless there is something which separates them. Otherwise you have just ...
July 20, 2023 at 12:31
I do not agree with your interpretation of Kant here. The categories are produced by judgement, and I think that Kant does not properly characterize j...
July 20, 2023 at 11:27
I agree, that is one way of looking at things. We can class all divisions as artificial. Then we must look at the nature of divisibility itself. The a...
July 20, 2023 at 02:05
The breakthrough referred to here, intellectual conversion, or illumination, is to apprehend the priority of conceptions and ideas. Ideas are first in...
July 19, 2023 at 12:15
Well, it's intuition, with many complicated factors involved. But I am not arguing that, am I? I am arguing continuity. So despite the fact that there...
July 19, 2023 at 02:22
That's a complex issue beyond the scope of this thread, which would only serve as a distraction, but the photoelectric effect indicates that energy is...
July 18, 2023 at 02:24
I believe that understanding the various forms of post-Platonism (rather than Neo-Platonism) is very significant to any study of metaphysics. Plato ex...
July 17, 2023 at 11:40
More evidence of your indoctrination. The onus is on the researcher, to show the evidence, that's how science works. By giving the process the same na...
July 17, 2023 at 10:55
The article is evidence of your indoctrination. There is clearly equivocation. The opening paragraph starts talking about "cellular learning", then cl...
July 17, 2023 at 02:06
And the beaver said "get out of my fucking way or I'm going to bite you".
July 17, 2023 at 01:29
I think you equivocate. Neural networks of AI are said to be "trained". But we weren't talking AI, we were talking about biological neurons, involved ...
July 17, 2023 at 01:13
Yes, similar to that, but not quite the same. An individual is trained, a person or some other being. We do not train a part of a person. I find that ...
July 17, 2023 at 00:51
Many of us thought that the idea of Trump getting elected in the first place was absurd. There must be magic wand out there somewhere.
July 16, 2023 at 12:45
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July 16, 2023 at 12:40
I don't see your point. We always apply such restrictions in the case of any universals. "Elm" has its restrictions, "tree" has its restrictions, "pla...
July 16, 2023 at 12:29
It's not appropriate to say that a neural net is "trained". Nor is it appropriate to say that a neural net performs word recognition. So I'll just say...
July 16, 2023 at 11:32
I think that what it reveals is that the process is noy like we think it is. And I guess that's why we have different opinions about it, no one really...
July 16, 2023 at 02:21
I think that's right. I think different people read in different ways. That's why some read faster than others. I myself read in different ways depend...
July 15, 2023 at 02:18
How could there be such a thing as a "sensible and intellectual characteristics of the experienced object which do not exhibit necessity and strict un...
July 15, 2023 at 01:09
I checked your link. Notice that each letter still needs to be there. Luke says reading occurs as a temporal order, I disagreed. Your link seems to su...
July 15, 2023 at 00:59
Can you, plaque flag, explain to me, the principles by which you distinguish a subject from an object? For example, notice in the second quote above, ...
July 14, 2023 at 11:32
More work is required before this can be determined. If we can find natural points of division, and abide by them, measurement would be improved great...
July 14, 2023 at 02:26
To clarify what I meant, the "arbitrary" measurement is a type of measurement, but not accurate or precise. I should not have said it is not a measure...
July 13, 2023 at 12:15
I don't think I said it's impossible to measure one's present, only that such a measurement would be quite arbitrary. Your Google search supports this...
July 13, 2023 at 02:22
:"Limitless power" implies nothing is impossible. Don't you think? So the question is an exercise in recognizing incompatible concepts, kind of like a...
July 13, 2023 at 00:32
If you read more of my posting in the last week, you'll see this is not true at all. We can discuss our differences and work out systems of compromise...
July 12, 2023 at 11:09