"An object cannot have the property of "two-ness", because that requires two objects. " An oxygen molecule has two-ness. Two-ness is the relation of t...
"Even in an A-theory of time, certainly some propositions exist at that present moment, and God knows the truth of all those propositions at that curr...
"Mathematical fields are mathematics, no different in principle to "2+2=4". If you think that this refers to something real then you believe in platon...
"the idea that consciousness does not depend on any particular arrangements of matter for its existence" Aren't you saying the mind is immaterial? If ...
All movement is relative, you're treating it as absolute. Further, per QFT, particles are not moving; rather a quantum of energy is rippling through a...
Your assertion, "2.) God’s omnipotence gives Him power to look at the future." Is defeated by my argument. God can't do the logically impossible. I am...
Obviously, yes. Feelings are not the product of reasoning. Your point of view might help you cope with a loss, but you will not be treated kindly if y...
The feeling of loss is not a consequence of believing death is bad. It's knowing that the loved one is permanently absent from one's life, and in some...
How do you define "fact" and "thing"? Here's my definitions: Fact: true proposition Thing: an existent So by my definitions, the statement is false. T...
"They chose to deal with life. And in reality, they shouldn´t be sad that they lost their child, they should be happy that they had the oppotunity to ...
Define " power". In the the sense that money is power, then some corporations have more power than some nations. However, nations can arbitrarily conf...
I believe there is a tension between knowledge of the future (entailed by omniscience) and the notion of omniscience. I'd describe it thusly:future, f...
"The object informing the subject is identically the subject being informed by the object." From an ontological perspective that seems true, but it ov...
I agree with Metaphysician Undercover and LD Saunders about science, but add that there is also a metaphysical stance called "scientific realism" - wh...
I see nothing "intelligent" in the behavior of particles. Their "behavior" is a consequence of their properties, not due to decision making or anythin...
According to Quantum Field Theory, waves -not particles- are fundamental. There's a field for every particle: a quark is a quantum of the quark field....
"So time has to have a start and there has to be something causing time to have a start" Monday cause Tuesday, Tuesday causes Wednesday...So what's wr...
All known instances of causation entail a cause that is temporally prior to the effect. How can something that is causally efficacious exist "beyond t...
"The only world the hangs together logically/does not need magic is the one with nothing in it. All the others present a logical conundrum. " Show tha...
" I used Occam's razor in a hypothetical sort of way; the question of what we should expect; 'what should be?'; by way of reality, I answered with the...
"The universe has a start in time and space" If the universe=spacetime, then the universe didn't start IN time and space. Rather, there is a start of ...
I would have preferred that the options stated "lean towards" but I voted that way anyway: I lean towards materialist/atheist. However, materialist th...
"causally inert objects are not indispensable, and therefore useless." It helps to consider what abstract objects refer to: they refer to properties o...
"The fact that there IS something rather than nothing is truly remarkable. How can this have occurred? We need some sort of magic to have occurred jus...
As I first pointed out, there's no paradox if one examines the metaphysical and epistemological issues carefully. An individual engaging in sloppy (i....
" "The answer often comes first, and we fit the justification in. And our values are malleable" That is an unfortunate fact of human nature, and it is...
I see no paradox either. Abortion hinges upon a metaphysical principle: what constitutes an individual human life; no amount of empirical analysis can...
"You may not be you" is equivalent to saying "the law of non-contradiction may be false". i.e you=you is necessarily true. At any rate, the concept of...
That would increase the money supply beyond what is needed for growth, and therefore be inflationary. It is complicated, and the main thing I want to ...
I assume you realize that "printing" money is not the issue, it is the money supply - which mostly consists of figures in computers. If the money supp...
"A popular question. Why am I me? Why am I not the person next to me? When I die, will I be another person in the past or future? Was I another person...
'Where's the referent in the sentence, "I like this place."' It is the specific place that the speaker of the sentence has in mind, and has presumably...
Consider how we form abstractions in our mind: it entails a partial consideration of actual objects - contemplating one or more of their properties. S...
I absolutely agree that a life should not be ruined by an uncorroborated allegation. The debate about whether or not Kavanaugh should have been approv...
The House of Representatives, not the Senate, votes for impeachment. It only takes a simple majority - so yes, this could occur. But impeachment is an...
That would have been perceived as moving the goalposts. Nevertheless, the perception that he may have lied provides justification to vote against him ...
"I don't get the point of not believed without corroborating evidence - what are the correct actions that should be taken when with non-corroborated a...
How does one prove incest is wrong using objective moral values (OMVs)? It seems wrong, but I can point to biological risks and the related possibilit...
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