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It seems that if one can perform one non deterministic act in the world that would settle the issue. Here is how it could be done IF quantum events, i...

Not at all. I'm trying to argue that we can infer a substance that is the underpinning of all properties. If you work on the principle that all proper...

Plotinus talks about unknowable 'first things' in God/the void. How do you discuss empty space with no-thing in it? Remarkably there are some things w...

Yes, some call it 'the void'. But from what I can see it must exist because otherwise there would be properties without substance. Try to think of a p...

Perfection is life made free of evil. Maybe that is the purpose.

I guess one's motivation has a lot to do with it. One can be narcissistic about mathematics, science, art etc and vain about their accomplishments. Bu...

I think I do. Those expressions seem self explanatory. But there seems to be a third category; emotional motivations that are not understood by the co...

Well that is very semantic. 'Being' is usually concerned with life and consciousness. It usually refers to a very evolved existence concerning soul, s...

Yes, but properties cannot be without substance. By 'actualized' properties I mean real properties. A circle cannot be a real property of a coin unles...

There is an element in the human psyche that loves to luxuriate in horror, which seems to be the obverse of eroticism. This is why horror and eroticis...

Many mental states are knowledge, in the mind. If someone says "the house is on fire" that is knowledge in your mind and will surely put you in a ment...

If you examine any physical property you will see that it needs some supporting substance. In the example of the silver coin the silver is the support...

If you examine any physical property you will see that it needs some supporting substance. In the example of the silver coin the silver is the support...

Yes, but that does not tell us what existence actually is. It cannot be simply a collection of properties. If you examine any property you will see th...

We know deep things because the non physical mind is conscious. The brain is only a means for the mind to engage with the physical world.

Part of the problem with existence, in philosophy, is that existence is seen as a verb or a process. Existence, in itself, is a noun, a substance. If ...

Einstein only completed the theory of relativity because so many had done good work before him. Maybe now philosophy needs someone to pull all the thr...

I don't think the question 'What came before time?' is important. As Keith Ward mentioned, God is behind ALL points in time. The essential argument he...

I tend to agree. Scientific knowledge is primitive. It is concerned with how atoms are joined together, how energy flows through physical systems, how...

I think everyone is forgiven if they want forgiveness. I don't believe God punishes anyone. Suffering is a natural consequence of sin, not something i...

Yes, I think you are agreeing with me here. The truth has been written down throughout religious texts. What is needed is not rigid dogma that is indi...

Partly to allow free will. God will tell each individual through their conscience what He wants. They will not be forced to listen nor forced by unass...

Or why existence is. See last post.

If we consider existence as the 'thereness' of the eternal void and being as life, creativity, consciousness we can see that existence (which is a sub...

Time is not changing. Time is the way change happens. That is, it is the geometry according to which change happens.

Here is part of an essay I am writing on this subject- One of the most intractable questions in philosophy is Why is there something rather than nothi...