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In: Infinity  — view comment
I think you got it wrong too. Philosophers don't care about the truths and falsity as the answers in the answer sheets. Philosophers are more concerne...
February 08, 2024 at 15:42
In: Infinity  — view comment
In Philosophy, they tend to analyse concepts and propositions for truth or falsity. That's what they do. End of the story. But maybe the mathematician...
February 08, 2024 at 15:08
Once you closed eyes and blocked your ears and nose, from the moment, your beliefs and inferences based on your memory of the facts, takes over on the...
February 08, 2024 at 15:01
Great post, thanks. How do you prove then N is different size to P?
February 08, 2024 at 10:24
Could you demonstrate and prove the provability and unprovability of G in real arithmetic sentences in T?
February 08, 2024 at 10:12
Maybe they did. But whatever they saw, equating it to time or spacetime sounds bizarre. It would be a form of totemism in disguise for science. Seeing...
February 08, 2024 at 09:51
How would you know if something is an entity without knowing what it is? That is not propositional logic. It is an EL (Epistemic Logic) operator which...
February 08, 2024 at 09:42
"Let us not forget: mathematician's discussions of the infinite are clearly finite discussions. By which I mean, they come to an end." - Philosophical...
February 07, 2024 at 15:53
Doesn't infinity mean endless? i.e. unreachable eternal continuation in concept? If it was reachable, then it wouldn't be infinity. Any set or size wo...
February 07, 2024 at 12:55
Sure. But we can see also Quine's point that analytic expressions are meaningless, because the meanings of the words change through time. And most of ...
February 07, 2024 at 10:42
It seems like some form of superstition. A couple of days ago in one of the new thread here, the OP was claiming that he witnessed the actual wave of ...
February 07, 2024 at 10:33
Zen would be a knowledge that is impossible to demonstrate due to the nature of the knowledge, which is subjective and intuition based. I have no idea...
February 06, 2024 at 15:41
It looks like a good name for a function in A.I. programming. You could write more details of procedure in the function specifying the variables, cons...
February 06, 2024 at 15:37
Cool. What program language are you using for creating the AI system? Any data structure in hand for the project?
February 06, 2024 at 15:18
Shouldn't G be in the form of arithmetic calculus propositions for the incomplete theorem to apply?
February 06, 2024 at 15:12
But what would be the point of the formalised analytic data, if it is only dictionary nature unable to interact with the external world events and inp...
February 06, 2024 at 10:03
Sure. My point was that in either case, the knowledge is not for demonstrating to public whether you are able to comprehend it or not. Even if you wer...
February 05, 2024 at 17:29
That looks an interesting project. :ok:
February 05, 2024 at 16:25
It sounds like a voice from the deepest well of confusion. Will leave you to it. :yawn:
February 05, 2024 at 16:17
You are confusing the observation of the wave with time as a substance. Observed motions are not time itself. Nothing is a condition, and something is...
February 05, 2024 at 15:51
Still doesn't change the fact that it doesn't add any new knowledge or facts into the concept unless it was used with the real world situations or obs...
February 05, 2024 at 14:17
The standard definition of "Esoteric" is very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with special knowledg...
February 05, 2024 at 14:09
Problems with analytic expressions are possible tautology. They tend to repeat what is already contained in the subject of the expressions e.g. "A bac...
February 05, 2024 at 10:04
An ambiguous statement disguised as a paradox.
February 05, 2024 at 06:38
But Fooloso, wouldn't you agree if mystical knowledge is demonstrated, then it would be no longer a mystical knowledge?
February 05, 2024 at 06:36
It says what it means. It is a simple and clear statement which reflects the nature of time. I am not sure if it needs explanation. M = Motion t = tim...
February 05, 2024 at 06:33
Time is not ontological entity. Time is epistemic entity. ??M -> ??T ?M1t1?M2t2 ??Ag,T,M
February 04, 2024 at 23:46
Time doesn't exist in the actual world. Time is a priori condition for perception and experience in Kant, and I believe it is correct. Changes take pl...
February 04, 2024 at 22:44
It must have had been some type of Astrological prediction they had. I don't know the details of the methods, but here is the Wiki article on it.
February 03, 2024 at 09:45
The statement is unclear to be true or false. "This sentence" doesn't indicate which sentence it is describing or declaring about. From the statement,...
February 03, 2024 at 09:37
:up: I was going to write the similar content of the post long before, but yes that is the crucial point.
February 03, 2024 at 09:29
Truths is knowledge which is usually hidden away from us according to ancient Greek philosophers. Truth in Greek is Altheia, i.e. something to be reve...
February 02, 2024 at 14:46
I agree with you that the book's content was very rich, detailed and interesting. It is good that the prediction was wrong. :) It wasn't the book, but...
February 02, 2024 at 12:29
It is up to them whatever boundary they set for their perceptual capabilities. But you do notice often, they are in deep confusion with the world, and...
February 02, 2024 at 12:24
:up: Metaphysics is a methodology i.e. the way to look at the world and object, which is "beyond", not apparent and obvious. Metaphysics is not some p...
February 02, 2024 at 12:18
I recall having an old paperback book called "2012". In the book, the world was supposed to end in 2012, with all the reasons similar to above they li...
February 02, 2024 at 12:13
It would be a matter of drawing the boundaries for one's perception. Some folks thinks that grammar and meanings are all there is in the world, and th...
February 02, 2024 at 12:08
OK, that's fair enough. I tried to explain what I think and understand of the concept. As I said, initially it was not a logical concept to me to acce...
February 01, 2024 at 18:30
Again I am not too familiar with Buddhism, but Absolute Nothingness can be a useful resource or concept for the Buddhists for their aim of of meditati...
February 01, 2024 at 17:57
I think Absolute Nothingness can be interpreted as a property of Non-being too. Every being is not just a being, but it also encompasses its origin (w...
February 01, 2024 at 16:30
First time when I came across the concept "Absolute Nothingness", I was like so many other folks here, it is an illogical concept, doesn't make sense,...
February 01, 2024 at 10:33
It sounds like a coward nonsense uttered by a grumpy old man fearing to give answers he claimed to possess, when asked. That itself is laziness. :chin...
February 01, 2024 at 10:13
Please back your statement up by clarifying and defining what "to exist" means. Philosophy is about being able to see beyond the things existent, wide...
February 01, 2024 at 10:07
Was just saying to 180 that, it would be better if each folks who read Spinoza and arrived at their own answers could come out into the open public fo...
February 01, 2024 at 01:59
Things can be existent, not existent or half existent too. An absence of existence is also an existence. Every existence has its history of existence....
February 01, 2024 at 01:52
Reading feeds the historical ideas and concepts on the subject. Reading helps widening your perspectives.
February 01, 2024 at 01:44
Each of us start from subjective point, but aims to arrive at the objective ideas and concepts which is called truths.
February 01, 2024 at 01:41
Philosophy is "Auf dem Weg Sein" according to Heidegger. An existence on the road heading for endless journeys via the dialectic process.
February 01, 2024 at 01:39
Sure, no problems. Take it easy, and enjoy being busy resting. That sounds pretty a good way of life actually. :D
February 01, 2024 at 01:35