EricH

I believe that Terrapin & I are using the word "fact" as it functions in the context of the Correspondence theory of truth. I do not pretend to be an ...

OK. I understand what you're saying - we're on the same page there. I just find the wording a bit confusing. Maybe it's just me, but I find this a bit...

I'm not following you on this one. Are you saying that facts can be false?

How Do You Do Knitting Without Free Will? 1. The ability to make choices is a necessary condition for choosing what garment to knit. 2. Choosing which...

The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the One The Needs of the One Outweigh the Needs of the Many Even the writers of Star Trek can't make up th...

I don't have any opinion one way or the other, but you might want to check this alternative approach: Dark Forest Theory

If you feel you have nothing more to say, that's OK. But to request that no one replies? I don't think that is in the spirit of this forum. Just say "...

Given that "murder is wrong is trivially assumed by everyone", does it make any practical difference in the real world if the reasons for a person thi...

So non-cognitivism is a variation on a yet more generic framework? Dang, I missed that one - and that was the first sentence! :smile: I did a quick se...

Long post coming up, bear with me . . . This discussion began with a reference to an entry in the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entitled ...

Thanks for the compliment - I do have a scientific background. I mostly just lurk - it's fun reading some of these discussions, but it takes a lot of ...

Agree - as would every scientist who is working in this area. How much work has been done on a model is irrelevant. If person A spends 10 years workin...

Given that you have studied the subject for years, you are certainly aware that numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain the discrepancy, and...

While the number of people who believe in biblical inerrancy is slowly diminishing, that number is still quite large - and these people have significa...

You might want to work on your punctuation. I glanced at this sentence and it read like this: "No! People are not dinosaurs." :smile: :grin: :razz: :r...

These may have some relevance to the conversation: Ignosticism Theological Noncognitivism

@"Terrapin Station" @"tim wood" I'm trying to follow this discussion. I thought I understood what was going on, but maybe not. Tim - can you clarify t...

@"tim wood" @"Terrapin Station" Somehow this discussion of illegal drugs has morphed into a discussion that maybe should go under the Philosophy of Mi...

@"tim wood" I'd like to go back to our earlier conversation about exceeding the speed limit. If I followed you correctly you said (or at least implied...

It seems that we are introducing a new variable into the original question - namely that the immorality of drug taking depends on the level of self ha...

I promise you that at some point in the conversation I will give my take on this and give you the opportunity to critique it. But right now I'm still ...

The words/language that we use to describe objects - and (however it works) the thoughts underlying them - do indeed depend on the utility of the conc...

I don't have an answer to this - I'm still trying to figure it out. That's why I'm asking questions. :smile: What are the criteria for deciding which ...

I did not see any negotiation going on. The punk's mental attitude changed when he realized he had picked the wrong people to rob. Sue's attitude chan...

What other modes are there?

Here's a follow up question - but if you're uncomfortable divulging personal information I would not hold it against you for not answering. Have you e...

Tim - Apologies if this question was already asked and answered - I read through the discussion but did not see it. If I'm following you, then there m...

It’s a tough job being a naive realist. All that posturing - it takes a lot out of a person. Why just this morning I made breakfast. I ground up some ...

Yes

I could have been clearer there. When I said 'no one knows', I meant that - at least to my knowledge - it cannot be proven philosophically/logically (...

If I'm following, you move about the world and interact with it on the basis that there is an 'observer independent world'. You just don't philosophic...

From where I'm sitting it appears that you are using the word "environment" in the same way that most people user the word "existence". Please note th...

I'm not following you. I'm suggesting that you come up with a different word for "existence" in these philosophical pov discussions to avoid confusing...

No deeply religious person would agree with this definition/usage of the word existence. No fundamentalist Christian would ever say "I use the word Go...

Could/would you please re-phrase that answer in plain language? Thanks.

FYI - There's an interesting debate about this in the linguistics community: https://dlc.hypotheses.org/1269

As far as I can tell we're in agreement on both points. However, my powers of persuasion are insufficient/inadequate when it comes to convincing AJJ o...

It appears that you are using a different definition of state of affairs than others are. Here is Terrapin's: Given this definition, any state of affa...

We agree. I'm not getting this. If the cat is explicitly not sitting on the mat, then it cannot be the state of affairs that the cat is sitting on the...

We all agree that a proposition/statement about reality can be false. I'm not understanding what you mean when you say "something that is false". How ...

I'm a plain language person, so what I'll be saying next may not be as precise in philosophical terminology as others might put it. The words true & f...

Can a thing be false and thus part of the capital F False?

Would you that statements and propositions are false when they correspond to things that are capital F False?

I apologize in advance if this comes across as personal criticism, but to assume that our advanced simian brains are remotely capable of dealing with ...