Heiko

Solipsism refutes itself as even a solipsist would distinct between himself and others/things. This makes it unsound - if there was only himself he co...

I am just what wondering that Descartes got famous by stating something obvious. I didn't think that it was meant merely descriptive. Well, you learn....

But the utilitarian could also argue that her reproduction ensures that there are always enough people to look down on and hence raises the overall we...

You tell me! If it was an observation empirical science would not be the enemy, right?

The critical point is, that it is not an observation.

Weaving out a system of axioms is not falsifiable either but that is exactly what mathematicians do all day long. And maths is often called the only p...

The relativistic knowable universe encompasses X ly around the spectator. The next year it is X+1 ly. How would someone account for the things that ha...

I take that as a critical statement then and return the favor. No hard feelings.

Oh, the importance of points is again something that is based on value, not on truth. Didn't you point out such a thing as problematic?

I dunno. If Olivier5 wants to interpret things as he does this has to be accepted I guess. If there appears to be a 60% probability of something happe...

But in the Copenhagen interpretation the probabilistic model really is only just a working hypothesis. Ontologically there is Heisenbergs uncertainty ...

Isn't this a misconception? Not being able to measure position and speed of a particle does not necessarily mean it ain't at an exact position and spe...

People... usually know that everything has it's place. This is why there is not too much arguing about maths being a "sure" basis for empirical scienc...

Thats trivial. Just as trivial as that there is no proof of anything. The casino can get him out without having to justify it. Just as there is no obj...

Okay, so then if you take a radioactive material, where there are a few mol of atoms decaying, you can be sure there is something going wrong if hitti...

So what? IF that happened, would it prove the 50-50 chance wrong? Given it is wrong as the coin may land on its edge - is that what you are trying to ...

But you were talking about scientific theories.

Maths say if you throw a coin it is a valid result to get 1bln heads in a row. This does not contradict the 50-50 probability.

How would you disprove a probabilistic theory based on Popper? At no point in time you can know if the 90% chance will be met at the end of all times.

What makes materialism appealing is that it manages to incorporate a basic sense of reality. Most of philosophy failed to do so for a few thousand yea...

A fundamental problem I see is that one cannot think an object which cannot be thought coherently. Either the object is constituted by the mind, which...

There is no moment in my free-time I would strictly not switch out for sleep. But in practice I would not switch them out all together. Dunno what the...

I would say then it is clearly neutral towards sleeping most of the time. There are very few things I am eagerly looking forward to. I just wanted to ...

Do you think the formulations would get better if they translated their thoughts on the fly? Imagine taking notes during a phone-call - might be bette...

You are talking about a very special minority, are you? In general "rights" indicate conflicts which get settled in the form of rights by the governin...

Speaking of responsibility and stuff is all great but have a look at the reality: Often when it comes to wages the business argument is "We could prod...

Somehow I have to question such "would"-arguments. The simple question is why you wouldn't just do it. A strong thesis might be that such "would rathe...

Thinking back to elementary school this does not even hold for mathematics: 3+4 is the question and 7 is the answer.

What I may add to this is that "being alone" only matters so long (as it does matter). It might well be you not only do end up alone but that you real...

What I was trying to tell you is that those thoughts may be symptomatic for the situation of being estranged from the means of your own reproduction. ...

If I point to a thing and label it an elephant I do not need to know what an elephant is besides the one thing I pointed to. So the proposition system...

An assumption is made that everything would need a cause. Exactly. First of all, you have again shifted the subject of discussion from "an elephant" t...

And this already is where he changes subjects. He is not aware of the words anymore but silently makes the proposition those are perceived images. Thi...

And how do you justify the proposition that things are not simply what is meant? I can just say "that" is definitely not "this". Just look at the lett...

Don't you think that this is actually part of the problem?

The ideal of the broken down

I would not be too ethusiastic though. I guess, the turn from subconscious negation to production means that any "damages" are far more serious.

Philosophy managed to put itself in a condition where the reality of the world needs to be doubted and where it is absolutely unexplainable that one r...

You have to be quite humorous to manage the balancing act of putting emphasis on "first place experience" and then "encounter" reality... I am sorry.

If you read an article that whose first 2 pages read like yellow press(?) you do not need to continue. It's essence is concluded. Talk about blind spo...

I don't think so. The article is fighting it's strawman.

I will try to make a few points... >> We never encounter physical reality outside of our observations of it. This sounds so obviously true that it sim...

I hope you read my last posting.

I will try to put it another way: Where exactly would the difference between the "positive" picture and the defining negatives be when we are talking ...

Sure enough. But as I remember it was a central point of Anti-Oedipus to generalize production of the sub-conscious. So I really do not see where your...

What do you mean by "primary"? Most people for example never get into serious conflict with the state because they know the rules.

Is there a thorough historical analysis of the problem of consciousness? One that, for example, links the disappearance of general animism with sedent...

I guess this a good point. The symbols themselves represent "social hooks" which are or were funded by real violence. Yet, the labeling itself is enou...

I have to say I never quite got that experiment or the test subjects. How can a situation where you agree to spend some time in a fictional prison for...

Would making such a distinction be a legitimate or lawless act? Or would it come down to whose opinion is which? For example, when a judge calls somet...