Relativist

I'm astounded that you believe Smith would have hit Chris Rock even had Chris not been on the stage or opened his mouth to speak. That's totally irrat...

A period is a fuzzy concept. It could mean a small, physical mark, of no specific shape, a set of pixels; an abstract concept, a word that English spe...

Isn't "electron" a kind? Do they not all have an electric charge of quantity -1?

I don't follow you, but I'll elaborate on my view: laws of nature are relations between kinds of things. Kinds are universals, and laws of nature are ...

No, it's not packaged in an inherent way, but the success of our inferred mathematical relations suggests there is an ontological basis to it. I'm als...

Real world experience shows that it does make a difference. See this.

I don't agree that empathy entails assessing the mental state of others. Rather, it is a vicarious feeling - reacting as if it were happening to ourse...

Mental health problems exist in every country. Access to guns is the distinguishing factor.

Why is math effective? Because there is structure to the world that is describable with mathematics. Why is the world describable with mathematics? Be...

NOS4A2 is conflating causation with moral accountability, and has an extreme view of libertarian free will (LFW). LFW implies there is a degree of cho...

Theists define Objective Moral Values (OMVs) as objectively existing (ontic) objects that exist independently of human beings. By asserting the existe...

The supernatural would be some aspect of reality that is apart from the rational/regular nature of the natural world, not merely an unsolved mystery o...

Enthusiasts want guns for self-protection, hunting, or because it's a fun hobby. The claim that it's to prevent tyranny is cover, to provide a facade ...

Really? The Governer and Lt. Governer of Texas are talking about mental health problems today. Not that they'll do anything about it, but they'd rathe...

I haven't disagreed about agency - of course everyone is accountable for their own direct acts - irrespective of their information environment. But th...

Personally, I don't believe there exist "objective moral values" - in the sense of existing transcendantly - external to human beings. My theory is th...

Of course we make conscious decisions, and bear responsibility for those decisions. But an optimal decision making process consists of a deliberation ...

If the first person from Myanmar you ever encounter happens to rob you at gunpoint, should you think all Myanmar-ites (?) are dangerous? It's a hasty ...

Not a problem. At my age, such events avoid me. It's not even the new AIDS, because there's already a vaccine for it.

I don't think such propositions have a single truth value: they are dialetheia, sentences that are both true and false. No. First of all, because they...

I assume you'll decline accepting Social Security payments from the "enemy".

Congratulations are on your immunity to influence (I wonder how you make any purchase decisions if you avoid all external influence), but that doesn't...

Words/information cause reactions. That's why advertising works.

I'm sympathetic to your position, but it's false to claim that one person's words have zero connection to another's actions.

I don't think anyone has mentioned dialetheism: A dialetheia is a sentence, A, such that both it and its negation, ¬A, are true. If falsity is assumed...

According to Quantum Field Theory, every quantum field exists at every point of space. Particles are quanta of these fields, so (per the theory) these...

LOL! Sure, but explain the reasoning that unequivocally establishes your claims as fact.

OK then, how can these "facts" be established as true? Understand, I don't care what you believe, but you're presenting your view as some established ...

You don't understand what metaphysics means. Here's an excerpt from the Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy: Metaphysics ... refers to the stud...

Here's a few of your metaphysical assumptions: 1. there are two different kinds of time. 2. Emergent causal thermodynamic time 3. non-directional, flu...

You went too far with your first sentence. I'm demonstrating that proofs of God's existence depend on questionable metaphysical assumption, and theref...

You're objecting to the meaning of the word "eternal". That is arguing semantics. I didn't merely say it exists at all times it exists. I said it neve...

I don't care, it's just semantics. My fundamental point is that it's coherent to say material reality exists at all times and this precludes it being ...

That sounds self-contradictory.

Your source of confusion seems to be my usage of the term "eternal". "Eternal" is usually used to refer to something that exists infinitely long into ...

Two independent problems with that: 1. Existing at all times means it never DIDN'T exist, so how do you infer it was caused? Seems a nonsequitur. 2.By...

Not correct. A finite past with initial conditions entails existing at all times.

You are making a number of questionable assumptions and then demanding an explanation of "why". I'm a naturalist - but I don't pretend to know the fun...

To be clear, I'd define "eternal" as existing at all times - which does not require an infinite past. Why think the "universe" exists at all times? Be...

Reality didn't come into existence. If material reality is the totality of reality, then it exists uncaused, and at all times. The notion that it had ...

There's no objective reason to believe nothingesss expected, but theists believe the material world is contingent - exists only because God chose to c...

Your "proof" depends on the assumption that, in the absence of a god, nothingness should be expected. Can either of you defend that assumption?

Doesn't require an infinite past, just initial conditions. If indeed the arrow of time is associated with thermodynamics, this doesn't preclude a (the...

Why can't the material world exist eternally (ie at all times, even if the past is finite)? This doesn't entail "popping into existence", it means nev...

I'm sympathetic to what you're saying, but How do you propose we do that as a society? You seem to accept even a late term abortion if the woman's lif...

It implies there is no basis for creating legal restrictions on abortion based on protection of an "individual human life". It's interesting that the ...

IMO, reason is a concept grounded in truth and meaning. A statement carries meaning, and is a bearer of truth value. Various qualifiers and connective...

There is no specific point: an individual human life gradually emerges during the development of that "bundle of human cells". Consider that there is ...

What would be the purpose of defining such things, and what makes you think there would be a consensus? If you're just proposing that an individual do...

Yes, and sex is genocide, even if one of the little wrigglers is lucky enough to survive.