"Have I habitually told people the space above their heads is empty?" If you answer this question for yourself, would you invent the answer, or would ...
I would say that we distinguish old beliefs from new, by means of the justification. One would not drop an old belief in favour of a new belief, unles...
That map is extremely vague, just showing some generalities. It's not at all useful for any attempt to determine anomalies. The whole concept of "ocea...
Very often, people act in ways contrary to their beliefs. Therefore you cannot make accurate conclusions about one's beliefs, from ones actions. Furth...
The general principles involved in ocean currents can be described. First, the prevailing wind at the equator is from the east, due to the spin of the...
This is why, we, as human beings are required to to shape or formulate our principles in such a way so as to make sense of the universe. The onus is o...
Ad hominem instead of making an attempt at a coherent reply, 180 Proof's MO. If you're into counting points, mark one for me, zero for you. Care to tr...
We can draw an example from weather forecasting. The accuracy of the long term forecast is highly dependent on the accuracy of the short term forecast...
That a specific claim has no grounds is something which needs to be proven. The person making the questionable claim may be asked to justify it, and f...
This is not true, and it is a very common mistake. A thing, be it a self or any other thing, is described by referring to its properties, not by refer...
I don't know, I'm not a mathematician, and I wouldn't want to try. Here's a couple things to keep in mind though. The symbols "-" and "+" mean somethi...
You know there is a problem with multiplying and dividing negative numbers, which results in imaginary numbers, adding another whole level of complexi...
That "basic empirical dogma" is the reason for the separation between divine ideas or divine intelligible objects, as independent, or separate Forms, ...
If -4 x 2 equals -8, then -4 + -4 ought to equal zero. "-4 x 2" means negative four taken twice, and that is negative eight. But "-4 + -4" means negat...
I must admit that I haven't read Schopenhauer, only secondary sources, so I'm sorry but I'm really not in a position to comment on this. I don't see h...
Number 1 idealists are dualist as well. Notice they say that the mental is the ultimate foundation of reality, like Plato, Neo-Platonists, Aristotle, ...
As far as I know, most of the famous Idealists are dualist, Plato, Hegel, Kant, even Berkeley. Notice in the the quote I produced from Stanford, that ...
I've noticed that as a serious flaw in this thread. Idealism is represented as "mind alone exists". In reality, idealists are mostly dualists. In gene...
In many ways, and places, wind, as mechanical energy, offers a better source for power than solar. Tesla claimed to have figured a way to harness the ...
It really does not make "general sense". It's a counterintuitive principle which facilitates calculations when using electromagnetism as a measuring t...
Actually, what I described is how "cell" refers to two distinct concepts, in one case a whole living organism, and in the other case a part of a livin...
The physics and the mathematics go hand in hand, the problems of one are not the cause of the problems of the other, but they do amplify each other. E...
You don't seem to have had any introductory level instruction on logic. Saying "thought does not need words" (which is the proposition being discussed...
Thanks for the interesting passage, to refresh my memory. Hegel places "the Idea" as the fundamental principle, the basis or foundation of human exist...
There is nothing being "picked out" by the name, like I said originally. I just went along with that notion to show you the fault in it. As I said, th...
A "cell" as commonly defined can be either a complete living organism, or a part of a living organism. How is it, that in some cases an entire living ...
"Cell" does not refer to a specific "biological machinery" (which really makes no sense anyway, as biological organisms are not machines), so your rep...
I think the point is that at that time, the word "cells" was not in use, nor was the concept which the word refers to. So at that time it is impossibl...
The principal difference between a particular and a universal is that all properties (including accidentals) are necessary to the individual, whereas ...
That is incorrect. You have made a category mistake, caused by equivocation. You are equivocating between "thought" as referring to numerous specific ...
The earth's magnetic field also reverses, but over a long time period of time, hundreds of thousands of years, and not in an organized cycle. Magnetic...
The standard, observed sunspot cycle is approximately eleven years, we are heading into a maximum period right now. At the minimum period, the sun's m...
If some thought does not need words, then the proposition "thought does not need words" is true. This is true, regardless of the fact that some though...
The point was that radiant heat from the sun has the biggest influence over the earth's surface temperatures, and scientists seem to know very little ...
What I asked about was the cause of the changes in Earth's orbit. @"Joshs" gave somewhat of answer, referring to the gravity of other planets, but I d...
In this case, I suggest that you think of zero as potential. If you're counting apples, 0 represents the potential for some apples, but no actual appl...
Think of it as pure potential. Zero, or empty set. is nothing, but it is a type of nothing, or nothing of a specific type of thing. If we proceed to s...
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