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I'm not denying the fact of new representations. For example, a new model of a car is still just a car. A new-born human is just a human. By creativit...
November 25, 2018 at 05:08
Yes, we do figure out a lot of new stuff. But, they are only new to us. Mathematics may seem like a new creation until we realise that all of its rela...
November 24, 2018 at 22:01
I think, first, we imitate the already existing methodology used in scientific investigations. This is because, fundamentally, they are based on utili...
November 24, 2018 at 22:01
Personally, I'm not adept at the processes of mind but I'm trying to figure out whether it could be a valid course of investigation. For example, scie...
November 24, 2018 at 22:00
I think our conception of God is largely defined by the limits we attribute to ourselves. For example, omni-potence/science/presence is in comparison ...
November 24, 2018 at 22:00
Your axioms originate from assumptions. Well, no wonder they make no sense. And, by the way, there's a difference between a postulate and and an unfou...
November 23, 2018 at 20:39
:lol: :rofl:
November 23, 2018 at 20:30
Axioms only cycle in your imaginary universe. Laws are connected to the phenomena they govern. But, that connection does not give them the attributes ...
November 23, 2018 at 20:22
You think 'a fast car could kill if it hits you' is less real than a demon? You should be afraid. Be very afraid.
November 23, 2018 at 14:28
Suppose everything is uncertain, why would it cause you anxiety? Anxiety would mean you have interpreted something as certain within all the uncertain...
November 23, 2018 at 03:53
I think the whole point rests on the idea of self-discipline. The mind (thoughts) and emotions are tools which we use e.g. for self-expression, to eng...
November 23, 2018 at 02:31
I've tried to read a little on 4D mechanics and I think one of the key aspects of a higher dimension is its permeability of the lower dimensions. For ...
November 23, 2018 at 01:15
On page 9, you wrote, And on page 11, you've written, What makes you think your mistaken assumptions will become right just because you repeat them? T...
November 21, 2018 at 23:01
I never said that. An equation is a premise with a defined path to the conclusion. It is not an identity. P=P is an equation (a simplistic one compare...
November 21, 2018 at 22:31
Somewhat true. I don't like video games and have no reason other than they don't compare to actual games. But the amish resistance is really intense. ...
November 21, 2018 at 05:21
:lol: :rofl:
November 21, 2018 at 05:07
The internet is just fine. It's just that we've never had such a perspective before. There has never been another time in human history (from the reco...
November 21, 2018 at 02:45
I think, from the previous verses in the chapter, the light is in reference to God's wisdom, the Word, and its influence on mankind. It's like a riddl...
November 21, 2018 at 00:47
In terms of thinking about thinking, can we say that the mind follows the path of intelligence and that simplicity is one of the aspects on such a pat...
November 20, 2018 at 22:49
This is not a value. It is an equation. P=4, therefore 4 is the value of P 2+2=P, 2+2=4 therefore, from the above given equations, P=4. That has nothi...
November 20, 2018 at 20:06
Music: Flower duet from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes (whether opera is part of the classical genre or not, I wouldn't know. I doubt it's even old en...
November 20, 2018 at 16:57
That is one of those metaphysical problems. Is there a 'self' who is the thinker? I don't know. As far as I can tell awareness and mind seem to be int...
November 20, 2018 at 15:06
What happened to your laws, they seem very irrelevant now. You seem to be focused on linguistics, I wonder why? Who said that?
November 20, 2018 at 03:48
This is philosophy. So, the premise does not have an answer, it has a conclusion. And yes, the premise and conclusion are ALIKE. That is why it makes ...
November 20, 2018 at 03:44
Why all the petty attempts? It is clear your are wrong the moment you divert to all those other unrelated stuff.
November 20, 2018 at 03:38
Please, you think your petty attempts at semantics will confuse me. P=P means that the premise P (on the left side of the equation) is equal (=) to th...
November 20, 2018 at 03:36
So, have your laws become theories? = shows equivalence.
November 20, 2018 at 03:23
Have some self-respect dude. This argument is sub par for anyone in this forum. You are the only one with this misguided notion. The duality of a part...
November 20, 2018 at 02:54
That is not what I said. A particle is a particle. It cannot be anything else. Wave-particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every pa...
November 20, 2018 at 02:38
This is nonsense. Just because it proves you wrong doesn't mean it is wrong. It's been applied that for as long as the law exists. That you do not rea...
November 20, 2018 at 02:26
It means that a particle wave (with whatever characteristics and conditions) can only be identified as a particle wave.
November 20, 2018 at 02:23
Whatever conditions there are, they are part of the identity in question. That's why the law is valid.
November 20, 2018 at 02:22
P=P Then, Particle wave=Particle Wave
November 20, 2018 at 02:20
Like I keep telling you, you've misunderstood everything. When the cyclic nature of some events is realised, it may seem very captivating but it does ...
November 20, 2018 at 02:18
I've already given you examples of what the law of identity means to our understanding of phenomena. I even used you as an example. The statements are...
November 20, 2018 at 02:17
If you can't substantiate your statements, what is their point? If your laws are just words without applications, how are they laws? Principles must b...
November 20, 2018 at 01:01
An assumption is not a definition. I'm saying those are not laws. They are your own imaginations. If they were laws they would be evident in the pheno...
November 19, 2018 at 23:25
This is your quote. You are the one who said it changes. Again, you are trying to mislead with your petty confusions. Prove this first before you give...
November 19, 2018 at 22:36
My point is the identity of a person remains the same. Which definition is that which occurs through the line, point and circle. State that definition...
November 19, 2018 at 21:08
This should be basic common sense. Were you someone else as a child? Or is it that you don't know what identity means. Zeno's paradox is based on hypo...
November 19, 2018 at 20:52
Don't change the subject. We're talking about the Law if Identity, P=P. This is not mathematics. It is your own nonsense. AGAIN, YOUR INTERPRETATION I...
November 19, 2018 at 20:44
No. That's not what it says. This is your own faulty interpretation. The elements governed by reality change. But reality remains itself. Just like we...
November 19, 2018 at 20:41
P=P If P is substituted, it has to be done on both sides of the equation. Therefore, P=P 1=1 0=0
November 19, 2018 at 20:38
1=0 is a mathematical fallacy which you have conjured up and have not proved. 1=0 has nothing to do with P=P AGAIN, YOUR INTERPRETATION IS WRONG.
November 19, 2018 at 20:35
This is not Zeno's paradox. The law of identity deals with reality as it is. No matter the condition of that reality, whether real or illusion, it is ...
November 19, 2018 at 20:34
This is nonsense. It is not the law of identity.
November 19, 2018 at 20:28
You are writing it in words but you are not proving it as it is observed in reality (in phenomena). So, there's no proof. What you've written has noth...
November 19, 2018 at 20:27
You have not shown any progression.
November 19, 2018 at 20:23
The very definition of WORD SALAD in this context.
November 19, 2018 at 20:23
And as you can see, reason is part of that meaning. AGAIN, YOUR INTERPRETATION IS WRONG.
November 19, 2018 at 20:21