Clearly, Hume's understanding of "our natural sensations" was somewhat off the mark, as I explained. Therefore what he took as being "our natural sens...
Measurements of time rely on the determination of points which mark the moments which begin and end the measured period. Such points are not real, but...
You have no argument here, because each of your examples requires practise. The exercise must be learned, and in the learning process the activity is ...
To begin with, yours and mine vary, obviously. And, I've had numerous similar discussions on this forum which indicate variance among others. Also the...
I don't think that this is right at all. Think about how sensation works. Sight and hearing receive the activity of waves. But people were seeing and ...
"The present" is defined by human experience. This implies human judgement. The distinct judgements of distinct human beings varies on this matter. Th...
That the truck is moving straight toward you is a conclusion, not a perception. You perceive (sense) motion, and you make a judgement as to whether th...
Your addition of "one individual" here is what I described as "unreasonable" in the rest of that post. So read the rest of my post, and keep that in m...
I explained this. "Now" is the human perspective. Both, past/future, before/after, are judgements made from within that perspective. The human subject...
I haven't had a chance to read the referred material yet, but I think that this is an important subject, very much related to the op. As I see it the ...
The reality is that there is a whole lot of overlap. As I said in my first post, by the time you say "now", it is in the past. By the time someone hea...
No, "past or future", "before or after", are judgements made from a perspective. The perspective is said to be "the present". Therefore past and futur...
I've been through this so many times, I don't know why I continue. The distinction is a judgement of before and after in relation to, or if you prefer...
You have an unbelievable way of associating meaning with words Luke. That is why it is very difficult to hold a discussion with you. Obviously what I ...
That's exactly right, and the principal premise of my argument. Since there are no points in time the past and future cannot be distinct from the pres...
Yes, and I've discussed the problems with this way that most people think. "Distinct periods of time" requires points, dimensionless boundaries to sep...
I don't think that this works. The reason why different systems are needed is because incompatibilities arise between one and another. Incompatibility...
I don't think that this would be possible at this point. The only thing we have to go on is our subjective experiences. So I think it's necessary to g...
Points in time are not consistent with our conscious experience of duration. As I said, the duration of the present is indefinite. I said the present ...
As I've repeated already, I believe there is no reciprocity implied by the Golden Rule, and I think that this represents a gross misinterpretation on ...
That is an example, "the present is 2023". It is not a definition of "the present". That's why all the other examples were examples too, none of them ...
But the whole point was, how do we know that it's the end of the story, rather than just a pause? Even when the story teller makes you think it's "the...
I haven't seen a reasonable rebuttal from you yet, only mention of measurement principles, and straw man representations which are irrelevant. You ref...
Actually, I provided those dates as examples you might be able to relate to. I now see that trying to talk your language was a mistake. Remove the exa...
Do you play banjo BC? I've only heard that joke spoken by banjo players BTW, a lot pop country music today seems to be rock with a banjo thrown in, al...
Perhaps, but those same "heavy-hitters in the philosophy of maths" accept without questioning, the axioms (basic set theory for example), which repres...
"Present" is not defined that way in my argument. It is defined by our conscious experience. So your objection is based in equivocation, and is irrele...
I said, "in relation to the present". The present was already described as the period of time within in which we find our conscious existence. And, it...
Before and after each other. That's what I said explicitly "some of that duration must be before, the other part which is after". How could I be more ...
I thought it was quite clear that I was talking about the thing measured, the passage of time, hence my statement "time is known as what is passing, a...
Both, defining one period of time with another doesn't clarify anything because it would lead to an infinite regress, without ever giving any indicati...
I didn't say that "it matters", only pointing out the reality and truth of it. It might matter to you, or it might not, depending on your interest. Bu...
Is there not a difference to you, between stopping and starting again, and stopping and never starting again? The problem is, that when it stops, how ...
Yes, and that\s what comes later in the post. If activity occurs at the present, then the present must consist of duration, not a point. Yes, exactly....
Can you find any evidence that condemning trespass was ever actually a rule, rather than just an emotional thought produced from the personal feeling ...
I've actually had scrapple on a number of occasions, not bad as a garbage meat. I guess it's kind of like baloney with some corn filler. I think the b...
Isn't it obvious to you though, that revelation must produce knowledge? If we were to restrict our definition of "knowledge" so that it only contained...
As I explained, the idea of "an instant", as a point in time, is not really consistent with reality as we know it. It's a useful ideal, but not at all...
Sorry, but misunderstanding on your part does not qualify as non sequitur on my part, as much as you like to think so. But go ahead, and think what yo...
Why would you say that humanity's contemptibility is the same as it ever was, and then say its stupidity has increased dramatically? Do you not see th...
Here's something to think about. Try to pinpoint the present, the exact point in time, which divides the future from past. Every time you say "now', b...
Speak for yourself here. Your use of "we" is out of place. Newton's first law is "transcended" with every freely willed act. A body's motion changes w...
I think we ought to question all base principles, not only basic taboos, but fundamental axioms of mathematics, foundational laws of physics, and assu...
What's with "scrapple"? We have all these different beautiful sausages with beautiful different names, and then there's the ugly, "scrapple". Is it th...
Are those Buffalo Wings? I can't see the ingredients, but they look all puffy with batter. What kind of wing is that, with batter? I heard that when w...
Very interesting. Can we really say that it ended then? Or is it just always like that, punctuated, with various lengths of punctuation? Punctuation i...
Irrelevant to the effect of the taboo, but relevant to the cause of the taboo. So I don't understand the objection you have towards Hanover's statemen...
Think of what this means as that "the present", or "now" is defined by the frame of reference. This is a type of subjectivity. The present, and theref...
I think that thus is a misrepresentation of so-called "fact". Your claim that clothing necessarily rases the level, instead of my claim that it may ra...
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