Relativist

But it's in the hands of a jury to convict. Efforts are made to select jurors that will impartially judge the facts. Senators can be expected to be bi...

Agreed. This is a key point: what is needed to warrant belief in something's nonexistence? It's not true that I have no knowledge to warrant my belief...

This is the position of Trump's attorney, but I'm pretty confident it will fail, but more importantly- I feel strongly that we should all hope it does...

That's a good point, one that overlooked. It's another very good reason to withhold judgement. What about a narrow definition, such as a being that in...

By "prima facie", do you mean - before all other beliefs are considered? If so, that just seems to say that all logical possibilities should be on the...

The Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy defines physical possibility as: p is physically possible iff p is consistent with the laws of nature. Broadl...

I think they're fooling themselves.

Anything that is broadly logically impossible, such as the existence of square circles or married bachelors.

Anything we can justifiably believe. We navigate the world based on beliefs we hold about the world that aren't strictly provable. It can't even be pr...

Agreed, and I also think it's become fashionable to make the non-committal assertion, "I lack the belief in God's existence". It may also be motivated...

I agree. Both work, but one needs to be clear what one means. Your approach is appropriate when comparing metaphysical systems, mine is appropriate wh...

There's lots of rocks of varying sizes on the moon, so there's a decent chance there's a cabbage sized one - so it's a live possibility. You can't jus...

Sure, but that makes it another component of the discussion. With my definition of knowledge, most of us are agnostic. But much of this can be sideste...

You can label me however you like, after hearing the nuances of my position, but why argue the semantics? I'm inclined to continue to use the labels I...

I disagree that a sharp partition is needed between them, and with the idea that it's even worthwhile to debate the semantics. There are a variety of ...

Not if one is considering the total universe at points of time. Where Ui is the universe at time i, it is true that Ui causes Ui+1 Error creeps in whe...

I don't think that makes sense. Under physicalism, it is axiomatic that only physical things exist. Any statement that entails a spiritual being is co...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft tweeted: “While I expect the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensu...

Do you believe the 2020 election was stolen?

IMO, SCOTUS will not rule on the question of whether or not Trump participated in the insurrection, nor will they formally define "insurrection". All ...

That's a ludicrous characterization. She was among a group of people breaking a window that barred entry to a corridor members of Congress had recentl...

I thought you were refraining from making legal judgements. If you're going to dabble in it, don't treat your personal opinion as dispositive (as lawy...

Please provide your definition of "insurrection". The Colorado Supreme Court ruling surveyed a variety of definitions, and I don't see that any apply....

[ How does any past actions erase the fact that Trump was irrational in his judgement of the election result? You've chosen to excuse his falsehood by...

Willful ignorance entails poor reasoning. If Trump reasons that poorly, he's not fit to be President. You keep avoiding this. Regarding the legal issu...

ROFL! You ignored the relevance to Trump's fitness to serve! Regarding the law: "The doctrine of willful blindness is well established in criminal law...

Because your position implies Trump was willfully ignorant. That's relevant to the crimes he's charged with and to his ability to serve as President.

The election wasn't fraudulent. Trump was told this by White House Counsel, DOJ Leadership, and had received the findings of 2 independent research ag...

You said: He doesn't say this in the video, and I heard nothing that can't plausibly be interpreted as true (or believed true by Joe)- which one shoul...

You said all the things I mentioned, and failed to give him a presumption of innocence. Now you're making a new claim. Point me to a specific quote.

You construed Biden's assertion that he's not been involved with Hunter's business as a lie. Joe can reasonably consider a dinner and phone calls as n...

You only identified a falsehood by some unnamed White House representative.

Were you being stupid when you claimed Biden lied about Hunter's laptop? You never showed he personally lied.

Every part that defines the office, electoral process, and the qualifications.

How is that a human right? Clearly, it's a legal right - but exclusively in criminal trials. It's not applicable to civil suits, and individuals are f...

I think it's US society as a whole, through its Constitution.

U.S. Society, through the Constitution.

Thank you for clarifying that you were arguing that the decisions were morally wrong. This was not obvious- considering you referenced the Constitutio...

I think what you're getting to is something similar to "broad logical necessity". It's not uncommon to equate this with metaphysical necessity. It doe...

Thanks - I have now read through that. He obviously disagrees with the decisions, but it seems entirely based on regurgitating Trump's defense points-...

Elaborate on the Maine case. My point was that she was required by law to make a decision, and she followed the correct process. No one has done anyth...

Maine's Secretary of State was required by Maine Law to hold a hearing and make a decision on the matter. How can it be considered wrong to follow the...

ROFLMA! Trump's attorneys are almost certainly going to make that argument!

That is one of the Constitutional questions that SCOTUS will have to decide on. The question was evaluated by the DOJ's Office of Legal Council, in 20...

If only ranked choice voting were possible! That would make such a ticket truly viable - no one would fear wasting their vote on a candidate with virt...

Not being logically contradictory just means it's logically possible. God's existence is logically possible, but no physicalist would consider God's e...

IMO, outrage is reasonable as an initial reaction, but it should be followed by analysis. Legal processes have been followed. The legal bases for remo...

I love to see dissenting opinions, when the dissenter fully backs up his opinion with facts.

Conceivability does not track metaphysical possibility. What makes you think the gravitational constant (or speed of light...) could have been differe...

What do you have in mind as something physically impossible, but metaphysically possible? You also refer to "possible worlds". There can only be non-a...