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If you say, Esse est percipi, then it is an idealism. But if you say you create the world in your mind, then I see it as an "extreme idealism". :)
October 01, 2023 at 23:26
Could you please clarify which logic you mean here? There are vast many different types of Logic. Deductive Logic Inductive Logic Predicate Logic Phil...
October 01, 2023 at 23:17
Wow really? Heard first time. Which animals can count? Anyhow simple counting is not mathematics. Mathematics can give (birth to) answers for complex ...
October 01, 2023 at 22:44
Mathematics
October 01, 2023 at 22:33
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...
October 01, 2023 at 22:27
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 ...
October 01, 2023 at 21:59
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...
October 01, 2023 at 20:48
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...
October 01, 2023 at 20:23
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...
October 01, 2023 at 19:53
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,...
October 01, 2023 at 19:27
Perhaps that is the reason why we don't know anything about God, because he is hiding in the idealist's mind. :D
October 01, 2023 at 18:58
:cool::ok:
October 01, 2023 at 16:26
Is extreme idealism not prone to illusion and misrepresentation of the world? Even with all the justification, your own mind created evidence, logic a...
October 01, 2023 at 13:00
G.W.F Hegel by Stanley Rosen - Yale University Press 1973 A great book elucidating Hegel's system.
October 01, 2023 at 12:17
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...
October 01, 2023 at 11:37
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 ...
October 01, 2023 at 11:16
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 ...
October 01, 2023 at 09:21
:cool: :ok:
October 01, 2023 at 09:16
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...
September 30, 2023 at 09:48
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...
September 29, 2023 at 23:25
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...
September 29, 2023 at 20:53
‘HOW IS METAPHYSICS POSSIBLE?’ Kant’s Great Question and His Great Answer by Nicholas F. Stang https://philarchive.org/archive/STAHIM
September 29, 2023 at 12:45
Isn't this a metaphysical question? The Metaphysicians have been asking and investigating on the nature of Metaphysics and its legitimacy of the claim...
September 29, 2023 at 10:46
Quite compelling quotes from Wiki. I suppose there would be controversies on some of the historically famous and influencing scientists.
September 28, 2023 at 16:42
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...
September 28, 2023 at 16:39
I don't think Science and Religion contradict. They have different methods in their pursuit of knowledge. Science uses hypothesis, observation, eviden...
September 28, 2023 at 12:09
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...
September 28, 2023 at 11:32
:cool: :up: :fire:
September 27, 2023 at 23:02
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...
September 27, 2023 at 17:07
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 ...
September 27, 2023 at 16:36
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...
September 27, 2023 at 16:23
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 ...
September 27, 2023 at 14:59
Really? How do you know?
September 27, 2023 at 10:25
Another testimony that meaning is contingent. G'day mate :D
September 27, 2023 at 09:40
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...
September 27, 2023 at 09:07
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...
September 26, 2023 at 23:51
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...
September 26, 2023 at 15:17
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...
September 26, 2023 at 15:14
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...
September 26, 2023 at 14:58
What do you mean by "successfully" here? Could you please clarify?
September 26, 2023 at 14:27
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...
September 26, 2023 at 14:24
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...
September 26, 2023 at 14:19
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....
September 26, 2023 at 13:48
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...
September 26, 2023 at 13:44
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...
September 25, 2023 at 20:29
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...
September 25, 2023 at 19:38
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 ...
September 25, 2023 at 15:35
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...
September 25, 2023 at 14:02
:cool: :ok:
September 24, 2023 at 13:12
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...
September 24, 2023 at 12:28