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Well, not "letters", but they are "objects". But surely, cats and dogs themselves can be categories too?

What is the middle term, and how should it be distributed? Where is the counter-example? Could you elaborate with more details and examples?

Or perhaps definitions themselves could be some of the topics of the debates just like Socrates used to do often. He keeps asking "What is x?" x= just...

I couldn't find any God mentioned by Derrida in his books I own. He seems constantly interpreting texts even in his lecture notes "Life Death". Sure, ...

Corvus is a bird but also happens to be a constellation in the night sky. One time, I used to dabble with Astronomy.

I read some Derrida, and in the deconstruction process, they would even bring in the Paraconsistent Logic (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-pa...

Don't get me wrong. I think Deconstruction is great. Aesthetics is of of my favourite subjects. But I have a funny feeling that postmodernism and deco...

I will request a debate when completed my first reading of The Critique of Pure Reason. Could take a few years, if not infinity :D

I see myself a very newbie in the subject, so am just happy reading and learning only for a while.

Maybe your definition of deconstruction is different from mine. I understand it as interpreting thoughts, texts and systems from many different aspect...

Movement in space is real. The concept of infinity is an illusion.

What are some examples of this case?

Post-modernists would just deconstruct everything - even reasoning. To me they are not philosophers. Post-Modernists are art critics. Their interest i...

I agree. The topic of God is controversial. Nietzsche didn't even bother proving God's existence. He declared God is dead. It is a good topic for phil...

Will go with the CPR then. Thanks for your info and advice. Much appreciated.

Intuition?

Yes, just a little introduction. I am planning to read something more substantial.

Having another go - could it be the causes? If there are causal explanations, then empirical. If no causal, then transcendental ???

ah ok. then it couldn't be the sense-able objects ...

Would it be, if one can see it, touch it and hear it via the sense organs, then the object is empirical. If the object is in the language as words, or...

I would guess the readings are accurate for the emotions, because they must have gone through many tests, and verified the results. But I still feel t...

My motto in philosophy is - "All I know is that, I know nothing." Does it sound intellectual? By the way, bringing in the phrases like "civil liberty ...

Surely the waves they see on the screen are not emotions. That would be an unacceptable reduction. It is like saying, the hot weather during the summe...

Yes. Some say that 90% of Philosophical problems would resolve by themselves, if they managed to establish valid definitions of the concepts.

When we ask "why do they try to prove God exists", we are NOT saying, they shouldn't. It is really asking about the logical and rational motives and b...

If you know how to make yourself happy, then that is a great knowhow. The Good thing about happiness acquired via knowledge and wisdom lasts, unlike h...

I am not sure.

No, language cannot be reduced to the beings. It represents the beings. You use the language to REFER to the beings. Words refer to the objects. Sente...

Abstract objects do exist, but only in the mind and language, not in the real world space as tangible objects. Just because you know a word such as "G...

Like many, I don't keep thinking about my own ageing and death. But it is the news of the others who have been dying, seem the cause for unhappiness I...

I thought that it is an irrational and absurd act to keep trying to prove Existence of God, if you already believe in the Existence of God. I was also...

It seems true that more you learn and get to know about reality, less happy you get. I guess it is because of the fact that when one gets to know more...

Emotions are private mental state, that is not directly accessible to the other beings. Emotions of others can only be construed by the behaviour or l...

What is your definition of "exist"?

Wow, many interesting posts here. Thank you. I was wondering if logical arguments on Existence of God could prove anything before, because God is out ...

There supposed to be what the Psychologists call "Religious Experiences" which happen to some people in their lives such as hearing God's voice, seein...

Does Socrates offer arguments in believing and asserting Soul is immortal? What are they?

I was caring for my dying father in the hospice for 3 months, and witnessed the dying process. He seemed to be going through a lot of illusions, fanta...

I think Ayer has converted to Christianity near his death, but when he was still in good mental state being aware of his upcoming death. He was NOT in...

Just to make a point that those who are dying imminently wouldn't go out and start inventing religions. It would be those who were the livings had inv...

But you hear about many cases of confessions of those religious converts from diehard atheist, agnostic or no idea people due to some life changing mo...

Sure, dyings might not have the mental ability to care about religion at the time of dying. But could it not be the living who invented the religion k...

Sounds like the Kierkegaardian existential situation. A belief that might motivate the believer leaping into the abyss of faith ...

They say, lifelong atheist Philosopher, A.J. Ayer had converted to a Christian just before his imminent death. Could religion combat the fear of death...

No worries mate. I appreciate your pointing out, because when we ask about something, and thinking together for the answers, it is a moment that our c...

Great definition. Thanks for sharing. :up: I feel that the Classic Logic and Modal Logic not too much useful for my own daily life applications. Maybe...

Well spotted TMF. As you rightly pointed out, they are not the typical classical logical statements at all. They are more the sort of example cases fr...

There are differences in creative, warm and positive emotions which are vital for art, friendship and human relations, and negative, cold and explosiv...

Yeah, I picked it up somewhere, but cannot recall where. Anyhow ... Another example would be, If S and T, then CG. If it is sunny and I have time, the...

Mostly agree with the argument and conclusion, but It is important to keep in mind that symbolic logic cannot capture all the intricacies of the Engli...