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It was an inference from your claim that there is no point or possibility for discussing demons or fire breathing dragons in Metaphysics because they ...

The idea of beauty could be much effected from situations. For example, a beautiful person in the dental chair getting her teeth scaled may not look b...

Thank you for your clarification on the point. I disagree with the point totally. Because whether something is alive or not, if something is imaginabl...

Ok, great analysis and explanation on Efficient cause. I must admit I learnt something from this thread. I was not familiar with the concept of Effici...

Dead bodies also have DNA. So having DNA is not the right criteria for being alive. Ok, fair point. But it is still possible to talk about non-alive o...

I feel efficient cause is an antiquated ancient concept, which has logical problems. Sure, we can say that parent is a sufficient cause for the child,...

I am not quite sure what the presenter is trying to say in his video. But my point was this. If dualism was true, then soul can survive the bodily dea...

Does it mean that no one was alive before DNA RNA and body cells were discovered?

But what makes something alive? What do you mean by "alive"? Can machines be not alive?

But from logical point of view, if we don't know what the state of death is, could we be sure that death will end the sufferings? If the state of deat...

:chin: :grin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdfNUiG1DU

Wouldn't it depend on what the definition of demon is? In the ordinary folk's mind perhaps demon means some evil with horrible looking face and body d...

Yes, interesting. Would you say beauty could be also from the other aspect of the world or situations?

What could transform the potential for life into life?

So you are a professional Metaphysician. Cool. I think Metaphysics could discuss such topics e.g. Demons, Ghosts and God, Souls and Freedom etc. That ...

Well you said that the demons and ghosts don't exist in the external world, so it is impossible to explain about them theoretically, and even metaphys...

That sounds pretty cool, Pretty. Thanks for the great OP. :up: :cool:

OK, I see what you mean. But I was under the impression that Metaphysics allows us to discuss the objects we can imagine, contemplate, and conceptuali...

It is not total abandoning as you try to make out. It is a modification of the PSR. We could say the principle of possible reasoning instead of the pr...

Somethings have causes and reasons, but some other things in the universe don't. Hence the PSR doesn't qualify as a principle. A principle means it mu...

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I think I can understand Nothing better. In math, it is simple. 1-1 =0. 0 is nothing. There was 1, but 1 was subtracted from 1 or taken away from 1, h...

Is false identity also identity? Can there be identity of identity? If so, which identity is the real identity? Can identity exist without thing it id...

I find it a bit difficult to follow the flow of your argument and point here i.e you deny God's existence, but you suggest God has the moral obligatio...

:up: :cool: Cause and effect theory is a scientific concept. If you say A caused B, then whenever there was A, then B must follow in all occasions. He...

Counting can be a process. So, yes, we can see the things being counted as the elements of the process. But you know, you can still count without thin...

Counting doesn't have to start from 1 always. It can start from 2n, where n = 1/2. As Pantagruel suggested, if we suppose counting is a process, you d...

Sure you can disagree. But if you explain logically and understandably where the disagreement comes from, that is perfectly understandable. It sounds ...

I think numbers are like words i.e. adjectives describing the objects such as red apple. The red is an adjective describing the apple's colour. When w...

Sure. Some folks believe God is the absolute reality, or the big bang is the absolute truth. One's belief can be real to the believer, but it can be i...

If you wore a green sunglasses, and look up at the sun, it will look "green". When I measure the light of the sun with the optical light meter, it say...

You cannot deduce "you exist" as the only truth, if you doubt everything in the reality. You will be doubting your existence is illusion.

Sure, numbers describe the external objects, events and motions. But it is an illusion to think they are the same, or numbers are the physical reality...

If you admit and are sure that you doubt everything in the world, then you cannot deny the fact you doubt everything in the world. Therefore you found...

Maybe. I just don't see the point saying mental objects "exist". It is a misuse of language. We know, or are aware of the mental objects. They don't e...

No. it doesn't. Number can start from any number you decided to choose to start. Because numbers are the mental concept. There is no physical laws or ...

Time travel had been discussed before in the forum, but I am not sure what the conclusion or agreement on the topic was. My thought was that time trav...

I am too lazy. :D If you talk about modality, that's interesting. I did some experiments with modal thinking before. I concluded that all modal thinki...

That's interesting. If you would open a new OP for that topic, and analyse what the details of their findings are, I would be keen to read and jump in...

I am not sure if it is that simple. I also wonder if it would be much point to say mind is what brain does, when we don't know any details about the "...

When you claimed your mind is simply what you brain does. It was not clear. It sounded like, 1) Your mind is your brain, or 2) Your brain does somethi...

Well, you posited brain as mind saying that brain tells your mind to do things, hence my point is that if you go to that direction, then that is what ...

My inference that Australia exists is based on the real experience of meeting some folks from the land, that they are from the countries, and they spo...

Sure, everyone knows that. But problem is what part of the chemistry and neurons in the brain represents your reasoning Socrates is mortal? and under ...

I read your saying brain tells mind what to do. That sounded like your brain does everything, and even orders your mind to do all the things for you. ...

In here, you seem to have misunderstood what I said. I never said that there are no reasons for everything in the universe. What I meant was, there ar...

We seem to have difference in the opinion or ideas whatever you call it, but it is OK. I still don't think the biological organ brain is mind. It is l...

Well, this question confirms that the PSR is false, and nonsense. There is no reason on some facts. If you still insist that you need answer for your ...

Beliefs don't mean they are inferior to knowledge. They are actually precondition of knowledge. If you know something then you also believe in somethi...

Beings can be non-existence like from Meinong's beingless objects. They belong to the domain of faith, conjecture, thought and belief.