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Science and Metaphysics are the subjects which pursue truth. If the absolute presuppositions has nothing to do with truth and drawing the borders of t...
January 02, 2026 at 12:09
The absolute presuppositions listed in the OP are all metaphysical statements deeply contentious in nature, nothing to do with or provable by Science ...
December 31, 2025 at 23:49
I feel that Metaphysics must investigate the presuppositions for their truth, falsity, unknowns and borders with knowable, and then present them to Sc...
December 31, 2025 at 22:05
Good point. I suppose ideas could have their properties, hence idea of gold would be heavier than idea of paper for the same mass and size. However, i...
December 31, 2025 at 21:44
I think I agree with Colingwood on his concept of Metaphysics. Then there emerges questions. Is Metaphysics a part of Science? Or Is Science a part of...
December 31, 2025 at 21:28
That is interesting. What is my understanding of Metaphysics? And what is yours?
December 31, 2025 at 16:37
To sum up my points, it is illogical to recommend suicide or commit suicide, when killing oneself is not the answer to the problems whatever problem i...
December 31, 2025 at 16:22
If Science is based on the presuppositions which can be either true or false, then it is unable to provide useful knowledge. It then relegates to supe...
December 31, 2025 at 16:13
The problem with those presuppositions is that denying them, and asserting the opposites doesn't necessarily result in contradiction.
December 30, 2025 at 00:00
Isn't "I" a necessary existence? I think, therefore I exist. That statement seems not quite logical. I exist, therefore I think. This is logically cor...
December 29, 2025 at 12:07
Great explanation on the point. Thank you. My thought on the point is still idea is building blocks of propositions (which can be true or false), and ...
December 29, 2025 at 11:59
Sure. Cool. I wasn't saying your idea is wrong. I was just looking at the issue from a different angle. Looking at the ideas and concepts from differe...
December 27, 2025 at 18:45
They are propositions. Propositions are either true or false. Ideas can be building block of propositions. Ideas are mental image. On their own it has...
December 27, 2025 at 15:59
In Hume, ideas are copies of impressions, and is totally mental in nature. But it is interesting that Hume was talking about vivacity and strength in ...
December 26, 2025 at 23:21
Interesting, that you find my points are poetics. Poetics are supposed to be beautiful written expressions of thoughts on the nature or mind. What par...
December 26, 2025 at 23:20
Could you please explain how and why this is the case? Does it make sense?
December 23, 2025 at 16:18
If you read his posts, he talks in the ordinary street folks manner on the hot philosophical terms, and then tells you are wrong with no backing argum...
December 23, 2025 at 10:51
Every time I listen to my favorite deceased musicians' performances when they were alive, they reincarnate in my mind as if they were alive at present...
December 22, 2025 at 18:50
:cool: :wink:
December 22, 2025 at 10:58
Birth is a part of life. There is no life without birth. Death is the end of a life. But it is not just an event. It is also a fact, a case and memory...
December 22, 2025 at 01:19
Nope. I was talking about metaphysics here. Please go and read some books on Introduction to Philosophy.
December 22, 2025 at 00:56
Do every objects and events in the universe have causes? Some clearly yes, and some are unknown. On the later case, modern science falls apart like a ...
December 22, 2025 at 00:53
They are not just events. They are also extension into the being and transformation of the being. That is exactly what I was pointing out. But you can...
December 22, 2025 at 00:44
I wonder if you are reading posts at all before replying. I have never said that you will die multiple times. No, never said that. I said that death c...
December 21, 2025 at 23:39
Scientific laws are established to be proven wrong. Science is a product of human imagination and intuition along with observation.
December 20, 2025 at 20:59
Althea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnUAqGyFMo0&list=RDMnUAqGyFMo0&start_radio=1
December 20, 2025 at 20:55
That's just an ordinary folk's view on death. Death continues eternally. It is an event for transformation from a physical being to immaterial being. ...
December 19, 2025 at 12:22
Fair enough. :ok: :cool:
December 19, 2025 at 12:13
Does a deity exist in the real world?
December 19, 2025 at 00:21
I think this is an interesting topic. But I wondered if beauty should be confined to visual images only. Music or poetry can be beauty. Are they not a...
December 19, 2025 at 00:14
Death continues eternally. The moment of death is only the mode of existence transformation. One exists as a living, and one keeps existing as a dead ...
December 18, 2025 at 20:30
A visual image itself cannot be beautiful, until you have perceived it, and came to a true judgement that it is beautiful. Hence the true judgement i....
December 18, 2025 at 20:27
Isn't beauty in the eyes of beholder? An old cliche, but an undeniable truth. Isn't truth more beautiful than some visual images? What eyes see might ...
December 18, 2025 at 17:18
Suffering is brief, but death is eternal. Suffering can be endured, while death cannot be.
December 18, 2025 at 17:14
It is just emotional response rather than logical thought process. There is no logical entailment from. X is suffering, therefore X must end life. No ...
December 16, 2025 at 22:08
If your own son or daughter was suffering of some illness, then would you let them end their lives? Is it a logically coherent thought process? I find...
December 15, 2025 at 21:42
Yes, I agree. It is neither my interest of topic nor my specialties in philosophy, so I don't have much to add on the concept itself. However, it seem...
December 15, 2025 at 21:35
I was not saying that you cannot understand any words in all situations. That seems what you are trying to make out here. No, I was not saying that. M...
December 15, 2025 at 21:27
Don't just deny it. Back and demonstrate your points with evidence and clear explanations.
December 15, 2025 at 16:11
Whatever you wish. :) But whatever you say and write in public reflect your own integrity and shows up your educational background and mental states t...
December 15, 2025 at 14:47
I was just explaining on the origin of the word. The word didn't exist. The people who changed their genders started to show up in the society, and th...
December 15, 2025 at 14:45
This is a more of logical thinking rather than anything to do with pacifist or whatever nonsense. X is suffering, doesn't logically entail X must end ...
December 15, 2025 at 13:38
If you said, "UP" to me, I wouldn't have a clue what you are meaning. I would have then asked you "What do you mean by "up"?, and if you said "Up is f...
December 15, 2025 at 12:15
Just because some one said he/she is suffering, you think it is right to end their life? It seemed those who financially benefits when someone dies se...
December 15, 2025 at 01:03
There were no such words as "transmale" or "transfemale" in ancient times. But in modern times there are people who changed their gender, and the word...
December 15, 2025 at 00:47
Please read my post above with attention. Suffering cannot be a proper reason for ending one's life. Life itself can be viewed as suffering.
December 14, 2025 at 21:12
The people who are supposed to have been suffering and decided to end their life could have been actually claims of the relatives who want to speed up...
December 14, 2025 at 21:09
It just goes to show how misunderstanding and misusing language can lead you to come to total misrepresentation of the objects in the real world. You ...
December 14, 2025 at 21:05
The word "Trans" represents that whatever follows after it, is not real.
December 12, 2025 at 14:32
For the topic of this thread, the discussions should be limited to human life only.
December 12, 2025 at 10:38