Could you please clarify which logic you mean here? There are vast many different types of Logic. Deductive Logic Inductive Logic Predicate Logic Phil...
Wow really? Heard first time. Which animals can count? Anyhow simple counting is not mathematics. Mathematics can give (birth to) answers for complex ...
There are many aspects of science which they cannot observe and verify empirically, but still have to deal with. In those cases, science uses hypothes...
Sure. Last time I did math was in my high school days, a long long time ago :D I was describing it in the simplest manner. However, you seem to agree ...
If mathematics is embedded in the universe, then why don't the other animals with high intelligence such as Monkeys, Apes and some dogs make use of ma...
Good point. I believe that humans are alienated from the universe. They live in the world, but they are not part of the world. The world presents itse...
In my The World Religion book set there are 6 books and 1 book covering each Buddhism Catholic Hindu Islam Judaism Protestant They all seem to have di...
I thought about this topic briefly, and this is what I came up with. It could be wrong. If you see any points that are not right, or don't make sense,...
Is extreme idealism not prone to illusion and misrepresentation of the world? Even with all the justification, your own mind created evidence, logic a...
I am not sure if the OP's definition on Metaphysics is formally accepted by the public and academics. Metaphysics doesn't use imagination and conjectu...
Formal logic and Symbolic logic are not able to deal with the real world phenomenon and states very well. They are OK for dispositional propositional ...
I have thought about this topic briefly, and this is what I came up with. It could be wrong. If you don't agree with any of the points, please let me ...
Sure. Is it not what Austin was also pointing out in his book "Sense and Seinsibilia"? "there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distingui...
Is the OP question grammatically correct ? "Real" is an adjective which needs a noun after it in English grammar. What is Real X? How can you know tha...
I have nothing to define, but would you not agree that the OP's claim sounds like Metaphysical itself? Claiming that the world is unknowable for whate...
Isn't this a metaphysical question? The Metaphysicians have been asking and investigating on the nature of Metaphysics and its legitimacy of the claim...
The concept of hell is interesting actually. If there were real hell for the dead, then some might find it consoling and comforting. Because if they a...
I don't think Science and Religion contradict. They have different methods in their pursuit of knowledge. Science uses hypothesis, observation, eviden...
My point was that Wittgenstein's view on meaning is that, when you make meaningful use of language in your social environment, the language is meaning...
He adds "The paradox disappears only if we make a radical break with the idea that language always functions in one way, always serves the same purpos...
There is another problem with the pain behaviour of others. What if the person was acting as if he was in pain? How do you tell if it is genuine pain ...
You wouldn't walk into a pub, and say to the barmaid "X me a beer". That implies, even you, the speaker doesn't know what he is talking about, and wha...
I have shown some example sentences which can be meaningfully used without knowing the meaning of the word in the sentence in the previous posts such ...
I was just pointing out your claims that 1. successful language use is only possible with knowing the meaning of words used 2. meaning of words can on...
Large part of consciousness is memory. Suppose that you lost your memory totally, so you are unable to recall even 1 second of perception in your mind...
Yes, of course. I would say to you "What the heck do you mean by that? I have no clue what the bloody non-sense you are talking about." This is a mean...
One can make successful use of language using the word "bamba" without knowing the meaning of "bamba". Consider the following sentence. You told me yo...
Most of the words you listed as synonyms for pointing to seem wrong words for what you meant by pointing to in the context. What if the other party di...
Synonyms are not to be used blindly to replace another synonyms just because they are synonyms. They all bear similar meanings, but depending on the c...
The definitions become circular and never ending, because you have kept on looking for them. They are not themselves circular and never ending in natu...
People can and do use words without knowing the meaning of the word. I am not sure if there is such a thing as absolute right meaning of words anyway....
It is not just humans, but machines such as oscilloscopes use language. They don't use phonetic utterance like humans do, but they use wave forms to s...
Instead of sacking him, would it not be better for you to give him descriptive hints to recall his memory, or verbal instructions on where the slabs y...
Pointing at objects seems not a key ability to use language. Pointing at objects is primarily for learning words for children. They point at flowers v...
What if today assistant doesn't remember which slab he brought to you yesterday, because he delivered so many different type of slabs - square one in ...
Language is just a representation of the mind and thought of an individual, therefore it will never replace the content of thought or mind. One will n...
It was not comparison as such, but again giving you analogy that the scope of knowledge of Phd in Physics or Electronics is very narrow and limited, w...
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