That is my sense as well, but then the second clause of Leibniz' formulation is unjustified: that a first cause has a reason (necessity of its existen...
I Why think that time does not require change? I suggest that time is inherent in the objects that experience them, down to the qunantum level. If the...
But it seems reasonable to believe everything has a cause. Only by considering causes to be reasons can the PSR be justified. I see no justification t...
Free will is consistent with determinism. Libertarian free will is not (by definition). One is exercising free will by making decisions based solely o...
I think it's interesting to ask: why are there actually no solipsists? IMO, it's because to be a solipsist, one has to abandon hardwired beliefs. Beli...
That is all anyone could hope for, but my position is that the alleged persuasive power is a consequence of people failing to see the inherent problem...
Consider the fact that there's nothing unnatural about the fact that there exist fictional narratives with fictional characters - so yes, these DO exi...
Regarding the relationship between MWI and the multiverse, I refer you to this paper: The Multiverse Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. You've refer...
Existence is a concept referring to the quality of "existing." To exist is to be in the world (world in the generic sense, not necessarily limited the...
Our knowledge about everything is limited, and yet we end up believing things anyway. We typically come to a belief based on the information at hand, ...
Relativist: If a 3-omni God exists, then objective moral values exist Michael: You're the one insisting that God must be omnipotent. Nope. I never sug...
Sure, ...and that's also why some people conclude a 3-omni God doesn't exist. If there is such a God then there are compensating gods, but IF there ar...
My premise makes no assumption like this, but you can suggest this as the environmental condition that results in the absence of sin. But the question...
What is unnatural about killing cats? I don't think cat killers were the only victims of the black death. My issue is that an omnipotent God could hav...
Sure: there is one all encompassing state in a quantum system, but the issue is: how does the classical world that we experience emerge from the quant...
Its important tho consider what sort of thing logic is. First, what it is not: it is not an object of being, nor is it a property of being. It is a ca...
Look back at the argument. It basically shows that if Christianity is true (premise 4) then God is not omninenevolent (the conclusion). You could reje...
I realize my argument would not convince a committed theist, but it should sway someone who's tries to objectively weigh God's existence and non-exist...
"Not sure I have ever seen an argument that depends on a state of affairs in heaven, as a defense for the argument from evil, Seems like a proposition...
"Where is trauma located?" That's somewhat like asking, "Where is the piccolo's middle "C" in the 4th measure located within the MP3 file"? It's a cat...
Fair enough, there's more to the evolution of the human mind than direct descent. What's your point? My only point is that the existence of the human ...
Relativist: It is entailed by the many worlds interpretation of Quantum Theory, so in that respect it is entailed by accepted theory. Dfpolis: No, act...
It is an explanatory hypothesis that fits the facts better than any other. — Relativist No. Such a genetic change has been searched for in human remna...
"Once we are in the presence of God, we are in the presence of the highest good, fulfilling all our desires. So, there is no reason to choose a partia...
I agree that, in most cases, truth is inaccessible. But we need an idealized concept of truth to grasp the very concept that objective truth is usuall...
Kaiser Basileus 18 ?Relativist Justified "true" belief is a step too far. If everyone in the entire species thought something was a fact and it turned...
There's lots of problems with your claims. . Second, atomist prejudices aside, there is no reason to think that the cosmos is made of particles. Quant...
"A fact is an individual instance of truth just as a choice is an individual instance of freedom. Knowledge is equivalent to epistemological warrant. ...
According to Romans 6:7: " anyone who has died has been set free from sin" Do you agree this means that the souls in heaven do not sin? Don't they hav...
It not the simple inference you state, it's an inference to the best explanation. If a 3-omni God exists, then objective moral values exist and we hav...
A feature that appears due to genetic drift can (in some way) enhance survival." And when it does, it has a better chance of proliferating. "Mind evol...
I admit to having overlooked that you stipulated, "Given that solipsism implies epistemological certainty of ones world". This stipulation indeed enta...
I don't understand why you make the distinction "if I were a solipsist." Do you define "belief" differently for solipsists? Previously you said you sa...
" an unnecessary adherence to what you perceive as the “conventional” isn’t helpful in philosophy" Sure, but unconventional positions must be explaine...
It is impossible to assess the impact of any individual advertising campaign, whether allowed by law or not. Nevertheless, in the aggregate, it is pre...
Under your premise that belief entails certainty, your conclusion that a solpsist cannot doubt is trivial. But I'm curious: do you actually regard all...
These are questions of semantics. Are you just trying to get a consensus on the meaning of the terms, or are you looking for the implications based on...
Are you 1) claiming belief entails certainty; 2) (re)defining solipsism as the certainty that only the solipsist's mind exists; or 3) suggesting certa...
First of all, the reason a President mind not be able to be found guilty of a crime would be because he couldn't be arraigned and taken to trial while...
I'm only suggesting that the mind is consistent with natural selection: there is a survival value. The consequence of natural selection (survival) is ...
I would not agree. The primary task of the mind is to mediate between stimulus and response, so that the responses will be more effective at helping t...
Even if you're right that he lied, how could it possibly be proven that his benign explanation was a lie? Don't overlook the IG investigation findings...
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