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You shouldn't expect kids with no education and no development in the intelligence to the adult level to be able to tell the analytic truth.
January 10, 2025 at 14:03
It seems to be getting more unclear. One thing clear with truth is, if one doesn't know what he is talking about, then he cannot be telling truth.
January 10, 2025 at 12:36
It sounds like a real tautology here. Saying truth is what is, doesn't say anything meaningful at all. Imagine when someone says to you, I am going to...
January 10, 2025 at 12:18
You seemed to be confusing some mundane unobserved events with truth. Unobserved events or existence are not in the category of truth. They are just u...
January 10, 2025 at 11:57
What is the point of saying something is truth, when you don't know anything about it? Isn't it a senseless absurdity?
January 10, 2025 at 11:44
Isn't truth property of our judgement on the world? We cannot call what was unknown as truth when it is hidden. Truth reveals itself aftermath of know...
January 10, 2025 at 11:30
What is known could be the foundation for trying to observe and know the unknown. What is unknown is possibility for knowing.
January 10, 2025 at 10:09
Biological body seeks for physical comfort and pleasure, and philosophical mind seeks truths and certainty. Hence Philosophy.
January 10, 2025 at 10:05
Sure. In that case, you would add the clarifying sentence "But I could be wrong" immediately after the main sentence.
January 09, 2025 at 22:40
If you were to think about your thoughts from Metaphysical point of view, then you wouldn't need "P". You would just think about the thought itself i....
January 09, 2025 at 17:21
Logic and Philosophy are closely interlinked to each other, even if they are different subjects. Logic can analyze some philosophical concepts, statem...
January 09, 2025 at 11:58
I am not quite sure what you mean by a metaphysical problem. I asked you about it already, but didn't get replies on that point. What is a metaphysica...
January 09, 2025 at 11:47
We are not saying reality only exists when we observe it. But we are saying we have the parts of the universe we can observe and know them as existing...
January 08, 2025 at 20:14
Being conscious and having the concept of "I" is the precondition of all mental activities i.e. they are already there as base of your thinking. When ...
January 08, 2025 at 20:09
I suppose smell, touch and taste are more difficult to think about than sounds or images. We can remember and think about them, but it would be diffic...
January 08, 2025 at 16:42
When I think, I am thinking in either sentences or images. I cannot think without either of these two elements. When I make statements or propositions...
January 08, 2025 at 15:59
:up: Maybe it does or doesn't, but it is meaningless to say it does, when there is no knowledge available about the reality.
January 07, 2025 at 17:09
I don't think you can think about your thinking. Thinking has objects and it is about something. When you say when you think about your thinking, whic...
January 07, 2025 at 17:07
I don't accept Pansychism either. I don't believe inanimate objects have minds. I don't believe oysters have minds and can experience suffering. It is...
January 07, 2025 at 16:54
:ok: :fire:
January 07, 2025 at 15:35
If language is expression of thought, then every statement and proposition you make must be based on "I think" even if you didn't say it out loud.
January 07, 2025 at 15:34
Great explanation. I see your point. Yes, I was talking about the identity which identifies an individual or an entity as denoting or naming. You must...
January 07, 2025 at 15:01
I agree oysters have properties and essence for being oyster. Likewise stones and golds do too. But I am not sure if oysters have identity. Having ide...
January 07, 2025 at 13:59
Isn't it a tautology? When you say P, it already implies you think P.
January 07, 2025 at 10:54
Can something be reality if you don't know what that something is about? Can something be claimed as existence if no one knows what the something is a...
January 07, 2025 at 10:41
I thought you were discussing about the identity of oysters, hence asked the question. I know what your saying, but questions still remains. Identity ...
January 06, 2025 at 19:16
Some beauty can be reasoned out via our contemplation, reflection and analysis, and it is definitely reflective thought process which requires time an...
January 06, 2025 at 17:35
If oysters don't know they are oysters, then is it right to call them oysters?
January 06, 2025 at 12:40
It is an inductive statement with very high probability. You have never seen your heart, but from the empirical fact that all living humans have heart...
January 06, 2025 at 12:20
I didn't mean to say that parent child relation is only limited to the societal, cultural and linguistic nature. I was pointing out and explaining on ...
January 06, 2025 at 11:39
If you managed to count them, you would know how many. It is not infinity for sure.
January 06, 2025 at 10:41
I am pretty sure that oysters don't know they are oysters.
January 06, 2025 at 10:37
I am not sure if 2 is the cause of 1. It is just an adjective word to say that there are 2 things. We were accustomed to the orders of the words, henc...
January 06, 2025 at 10:15
How does it relate to the entity that you claimed that we have i.e. "a Ground of Determination"?
January 06, 2025 at 10:05
Ok, there seem to be a lot of interesting points to think about in your post. First of all, 1. What does it mean when Spinoza says substance is the ca...
January 06, 2025 at 09:59
Having revisited your points, I am still not sure if parent and child relationship could be classed as cause-effect relationship. Because cause and ef...
January 05, 2025 at 14:41
Does this mean that the parent was caused by the non-parent? Because before the parent became a parent, they were not parent. The parent became parent...
January 05, 2025 at 13:32
Of course Science is not religion. No one would argue about that. My point was, that the way that Science can mislead the ordinary folks' perception a...
January 05, 2025 at 13:17
I don't have it, sir. Where can I find one?
January 05, 2025 at 13:00
I am definitely aware of my emotions in most times. I can feel happiness when seeing the newly arrived parcels, and when I opened them, the contents i...
January 05, 2025 at 12:37
Gracias por tus amables palabras, amigo.
January 05, 2025 at 11:50
Could it be because they are the Kantian oysters? Oysters in themselves are in noumenon. They are not available in the physical world. You can only ea...
January 05, 2025 at 11:22
You could be right. Reasoned beauties cannot please our brains like the bodily sensory beauties please our bodily organs. Could it be because of the f...
January 05, 2025 at 11:17
I think we can reason on all the contents of our perception no matter how trivial they are. When you are asked "What does it feel like?", you explain ...
January 05, 2025 at 11:09
I have thought about this concept again, and it seem to me that beauty could be very much closely related to bodily sensory perceptions, which cause a...
January 04, 2025 at 15:10
Yes, this is true. Existence is an interesting topic. We could further analyse and discuss on the nature of Existence. If you would open an OP, I woul...
January 04, 2025 at 15:02
Thank you sir. I am grateful to be able to discuss these topics with the renowned professional Metaphysician. :pray:
January 04, 2025 at 15:00
Sure interesting point. You will find different people have different ideas on what being alive means. You have claimed that having the biological bod...
January 04, 2025 at 14:20
It can be insulting to someone, but the ancients are all dead, and the deads won't mind being called "ignorant". Or maybe they might mind, but they wo...
January 04, 2025 at 14:00
It seems clear that even if God existed, God doesn't intervene human affairs based on the history of the world and the current affairs on what's happe...
January 04, 2025 at 13:55