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Very belated response here . . . I think we’d all agree that words can have different meanings depending on the context. When I use the words “true” o...
February 03, 2025 at 17:37
This is sort of nit-picking, but I consider this sentence to be truth apt. After all, I can envision some evil super genius genetically engineering su...
January 19, 2025 at 18:03
There are likely an infinite number of sentences (or certainly a very large number) that could contain the word "therefore", so I can't comment on how...
January 14, 2025 at 02:38
Indeed, yes. I would put it a bit differently, but this is fine. Because context matters. The same word or phrase can have wildly different meanings d...
January 13, 2025 at 14:56
There’s no need for a clarifying statement as it is obvious by the plain language reading. I’m a plain language person. As an aside, I can’t remember ...
January 10, 2025 at 20:54
To my way of thinking these are very different things. #2 implies that the speaker is not certain. I.e., there is an implied "But I could be wrong" th...
January 09, 2025 at 17:44
To the best of my knowledge that's simply not the case - at least with regards to arithmetic. If you have two apples in one hand and two apples in the...
December 28, 2024 at 03:02
At the risk of picking on a minor point, I think you need a better example of something that needs no explanation. There is nothing "necessary" about ...
December 27, 2024 at 17:54
Again, no one is disagreeing with this. Of course - but reductio ad absurdum is not part of propositional logic. I'll try one more time. Once you say ...
December 23, 2024 at 14:24
I've been very reluctant to respond to you given your desire not to continue the conversation, but the thing is - we're on the same side regarding the...
December 22, 2024 at 21:45
Good catch Tim. I would put it slightly differently - there are missing steps/facts in Corvus' "logic": P is irrelevant to getting ~Q. Of course this ...
December 18, 2024 at 13:55
I thought I was clear, obviously not. I've bolded the key phrase. As you acknowledged, this is simply not the case - your being a millionaire is clear...
December 17, 2024 at 18:25
You could already be a millionaire prior to the lottery drawing.
December 16, 2024 at 21:28
Words have meanings/usages - and your inconsistent statements render your arguments meaningless. Just to give a contrast, I disagree with @"Bob Ross" ...
October 21, 2024 at 03:19
Sigh. I'm a glutton for punishment. I'll try one more time. Here are two statements from you: The second statement clearly contradicts the first. The ...
October 20, 2024 at 15:57
A corpse of a dog is a hunk of meat that used to be a dog until it died - it is no longer a dog. A dog fossil is a fossil of an animal that was a dog ...
October 19, 2024 at 02:38
It's really hard to follow what you're saying since you keep changing your terminology. You have repeatedly stated that you do not see any difference ...
October 18, 2024 at 20:46
I'm amused by this little side discussion about necrophilia. Let me offer a quick personal observation. My father bequeathed his corpse to medical sci...
October 18, 2024 at 20:21
NOS conflates person & human being so I was working within that framework. There have been so many posts flying back and forth that it is hard to foll...
October 18, 2024 at 18:09
Firstly this is not "uncontroversially true" - it is an opinion. Many people disagree with you. And on that note we will have to agree to disagree. I ...
October 18, 2024 at 13:28
Your replies are becoming even more incoherent. Here's what you said a few days ago: I'll try one more time. What are the characteristics that describ...
October 18, 2024 at 13:13
Do you consider a brain dead individual on life support to be a member of the human species?
October 18, 2024 at 13:01
Still circling. You have not yet defined the characteristics that define a human person.
October 17, 2024 at 17:35
You're still going around in circles. How do we identify whether a collection of cells and protoplasm is an animal - let alone a human animal. Why is ...
October 17, 2024 at 15:15
This is still circular logic. What makes one collection of cells and protoplasm a member of the human species? It is not merely the presence of a part...
October 17, 2024 at 01:47
This is a textbook example of circular reasoning.
October 16, 2024 at 17:58
You are saying (or at least it appears that way) that a zygote is a human being because it turns into a human being. But unless you can give some defi...
October 16, 2024 at 13:47
I can't figure out your terminology . What do you mean when you use the terms "personhood" vs. "human organism / human being"
October 11, 2024 at 14:40
Maybe I'm missing some context and/or not following you, but this seems to be circular reasoning. You seem to be saying that a zygote is a human being...
October 10, 2024 at 19:07
I don't understand your reply. You say there is no means to determine personhood, yet (if I follow you correctly) you agree that a country's legal sys...
October 08, 2024 at 17:08
But that's the whole point of this particular line of discussion. The laws have to make that distinction - there needs to be some means to determine w...
October 07, 2024 at 20:24
I’m continually impressed with how patient you are in these discussions.
October 04, 2024 at 19:51
I'm not following you. When you use the word "they"? Who are you referring to?
September 22, 2024 at 14:11
I’m coming in late here, so apologies in advance if this has already been discussed somewhere in the preceding 14 pages - but at the risk of adding ye...
September 19, 2024 at 20:53
Just to repeat: Which sentence were you referring to when you made these statements?
August 22, 2024 at 18:08
The words "has" and "contain" have identical meaning in the context of this discussion. Conclusion? "This sentence contains five words" is true. QED
August 22, 2024 at 13:40
OK. So now let's go back to your Possibility two So let's substitute "has five words" for "is false" but otherwise keep your reasoning word for word: ...
August 13, 2024 at 14:57
I'm not following you. Please humor this bear of little brain and take this one step at a time. You said previously that "This sentence has five words...
August 12, 2024 at 16:19
I thought I was understanding you, but now I'm confused. Here's what you said earlier: Going back to your 3 possibilities, this is the form of your Po...
August 11, 2024 at 14:15
I will duplicate your examples only substituting the Pentastring instead of Liar's paradox. Here's what you said (with substitutions): In the expressi...
August 09, 2024 at 21:04
Perhaps you were in a hurry when you responded, but I wasn't talking about the Liar Statement, I was talking about Tones' counter example "The sentenc...
August 09, 2024 at 15:23
If I'm following this, you stated that all self referential statements are meaningless. Tones disagrees with that and offers the counter example "This...
August 08, 2024 at 14:39
Is there a reference you can point to for this approach? A manual or guide?
August 06, 2024 at 14:57
This is just to expand on RussellA ’s response. The underlying issue here is that there is no information in the 5 words which lets us know that it is...
July 31, 2024 at 15:45
Just to add to Tim Wood's previous question,what is meant by the words "God" (or "God-like") and "positive"
July 01, 2024 at 17:31
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June 20, 2024 at 17:33
Thanks! Just edited my post.
May 24, 2024 at 13:26
Existential Comics has a good take on Witt this week: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/551
May 24, 2024 at 12:59
Perhaps I'm totally missing the point, but a hole needs boundaries that define where it is - i.e. what/where is the border between the "hole" and the ...
May 02, 2024 at 21:47
No. There is no specific prior event that causes the atom to decay at that particular point in time. The philosophical concept of causality does not a...
April 29, 2024 at 14:15