No, actually I'm not, I think it's a very simplistic representation of dualist principles. I just hear people asserting that this representation has b...
I don't see how this is relevant. The homunculus is what allows oneself to adapt to such a wide range of environmental factors, like what you describe...
This proposed internal regress is bogus. The Cartesian dualism holds that the supposed "internal person" is non-material, therefore its method or mode...
I really don't see why the homunculus is a logical problem, maybe you could explain this problem for me. I realize consciousness presents us with a pr...
Creativity must be more than just a simple reordering of parts because it produces a unity out of things (parts) which were previously not unified. Th...
The problem is that you refer to a number of very different acts "sensations, thoughts, and so on", and conclude that they comprise a single act calle...
How does this step us away from the homunculus? If consciousness is an activity then there must be something which is doing that activity. It cannot b...
This is really not the case, as the process of learning mathematics is more complex than what you represent it as. At the most basic, fundamental leve...
I think it's very obvious that mathematics is created by human beings. But I also think it's pointless to discuss such an issue with you, because I've...
I think the principal issue is that there are different ways to derive "the value", as I described. Each formulation of "the value" is correct in acco...
I kind of miss the anti-Americanism of Streetlight. It's not a common perspective here, and though other members might have the same vitriol, none see...
OK, so we're talking about values. That's right then, we have understanding, I do not think that values exist. I believe they are mental constructs, p...
As I said, the issue is with your statement that "there exists a temperature at which something boils". This is completely different from the statemen...
Yes "The boiling point" when represented as a specific temperature value, (which is what you were saying, the temperature at which something boils) is...
What's wrong with the homunculus? That seems to almost exactly describe my conscious experience. It seems like I'm inside my head looking out, only no...
If I were you, I would not assign the creative power to the rational element. The rational element, by what it means to be "rational" is quite simply ...
"Gravitational force" is just another way of saying "gravity", it is not an expression of a gravitational value. That gravitational force is just a ge...
In set theory, I think we can say that the number two is an individual in this way. It might appear like a very acceptable approach, to say that abstr...
So what? Boiling water exists too. But that wasn't your claim You've changed the subject with your analogies. You were not talking about whether boili...
That would only be the case if a Platonist ontology is true, that there is such a thing as the number 2. Since "2" is used in numerous different ways,...
Definitely a feeling for me. I feel happy. I would also say that there is a deeper state, a disposition, or something like that, which often allows me...
There is no need to assume any such thing as a number. We have numerals which are symbols, and the symbols having meaning which is dependent on the co...
This is exactly wrong. Pure mathematics is nothing but creativity. That's why math is usually classified as an art rather than a science. Platonists w...
But "threads" speaks to the new purpose for TPF, clothing supply. Maybe it should say "Home to fine threads, sometimes discussions, and even short sto...
No, see the difference between your attitude and mine? I don't profess to know the right way, I only criticize what is obviously the wrong way, thereb...
I've seen it explained by Dr. Feynman (a good explainer). We ought not think of the energy as electrons moving through the copper wire, but think of t...
If it's a temporal issue, like energy is, that missing $100 becomes a huge problem when we extrapolate. If, the rate of loss is that in every second o...
That's right, because it's arbitrary. There is no such thing s the sum of money you have to pay, claim some expenses and other deductions, and lower t...
Here's why your wall analogy fails badly. A wall is a physical object, while the law of conservation is an abstract principle, a concept. Various phys...
:up: By the way, the wall analogy is not accurate because a "wall" missing a few bricks is still a "wall", but missing a few from "conservation" is no...
As I said, it means that there is no such thing as "the temperature at which something boils", which is what your claim was. The same thing will boil ...
The boiling temperature varies with pressure, so it is relative. Therefore it is not true that there is a temperature at which something boils. And ac...
Actually, contrary to your personal prediction, there is a growing movement in this direction already. It's sometimes referred to as the quest for a "...
I knew this way back when we first engaged. You simply refused to accept and discuss the reality of the situation, opting instead to insist on the tru...
You totally ignore the issue of the arbitrariness of "mass" which I already explained to you. The value for mass is assigned to objects in a way to ma...
No, it doesn't affect the measurement, that's done here and now. I am saying that the feature of reality which we know as expansion, will affect the p...
I think your attitude toward the anti-schizo establishment can be categorized as a paranoia. This puts you in the schizo category. It's a no-win situa...
In Plato's cave allegory it is the task of the philosopher. After escaping the cave, and getting a glimpse of the true reality, it is the responsibili...
This only demonstrates that you misunderstand Quantum Electrodynamics. The principles are established through observation, and the measurements you re...
Let me see if I can help you two to understand the principle. It's quite simple really. The idea is that the laws of physics which we use are only acc...
That is due to the failure of philosophy. The philosopher's task is to lead the people out of the cave. After 2.5k years, the philosophers have failed...
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