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What I got out of it is that (a) we're assuming that (objective) facts exist, and (b) that the fact that objective facts exist is sufficient to imply ...
May 27, 2019 at 13:49
Yeah, the claim comes down to something like "It's a fact that we ought to believe facts" or "It's a fact that if there are facts, then there is an im...
May 27, 2019 at 13:24
True things are propositions, not facts. Truth is a property of propositions, which on some accounts, obtain that property via corresponding to facts....
May 27, 2019 at 13:16
Correct. Soundness is defined as a valid argument with true premises.
May 27, 2019 at 09:46
Validity obtains when (1) It's impossible that premises are true and/or (2) It's impossible that a conclusion is false, or (3) If the premises true, t...
May 27, 2019 at 09:43
I agree with you that meaning isn't objective, but "importance," "what's interesting," and "what makes x so special" certainly aren't objective. The c...
May 27, 2019 at 09:34
Your comment didn't make any sense to me in context. (In other words, "Huh?" )
May 27, 2019 at 09:06
Huh?
May 26, 2019 at 22:18
I'm not making any general claim about the frequency of one over the other. You are.
May 26, 2019 at 20:40
Does that really refer to anything besides you not observing it very often?
May 26, 2019 at 19:48
Hence why I asked you to give the reason that you're using the word "futile." If the reason isn't that evidence is in the eye of the beholder, then do...
May 26, 2019 at 14:39
Saying that it's a fact that there's a 50/50 probability that a coin lands on heads or tails is saying that coin flips really are random . . . which i...
May 26, 2019 at 14:32
If you're looking on Amazon (re their "Look Inside" feature), here's a trick that often works. The "Look Inside" books have a search feature. Utilizin...
May 26, 2019 at 13:34
Well, and also we need to observe the difference between: (1) It's true that that we ought to believe facts (2) It's a fact that we ought to believe f...
May 26, 2019 at 13:20
In: Pantheism  — view comment
That sounds closer to Jung's "collective unconscious" than pantheism. It sounds like you think there's something a bit more robust than Jung's idea, b...
May 26, 2019 at 12:43
Another factor could be that publishing polling results influences how people vote and just who votes in an election. If someone is consistently winni...
May 26, 2019 at 12:19
So if what we're referring to by "futile" is that something is in the eye of the beholder, utility is as futile as evidence.
May 26, 2019 at 11:58
Right.
May 26, 2019 at 11:54
Right, my view is different than this. I'd have no crime of conspiracy if I were king. I'm not sure what you're asking there. It seems basically you'r...
May 25, 2019 at 22:05
In: Pantheism  — view comment
So "everything is the collective sum total of individuals"? (I'm an atheist, by the way, but I'm just looking at this under the umbrella of a view tha...
May 25, 2019 at 21:46
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Under pantheism, aren't we all simply part of God, though?
May 25, 2019 at 21:23
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Huh? If the entirety of the universe is God, how is anything "separated by the void of death"?
May 25, 2019 at 21:12
Could you answer the question I was interested in: "Let's say that Joe says that the concept of God has utility and Betty says it does not. How do we ...
May 25, 2019 at 20:46
Correct. I have no complaint against you. The responsibility is with the person who chose to shoot me. My answer here should already be clear from wha...
May 25, 2019 at 19:50
Too many questions to answer all of them in one post. Re physicality, location, "where it goes," etc., another analogy that's useful is that it's like...
May 25, 2019 at 19:49
The stunts being the illegal activities.
May 25, 2019 at 18:41
No, of course not. No one is being forced to do stunts. It's their choice to do them.
May 25, 2019 at 15:04
I'll bypass for a moment whether I agree that evidence in the case of God is in the eye of the beholder, because what I want to focus on is why you'd ...
May 25, 2019 at 14:59
How about trying to support how it would be a fact (of what? what would it be a property of? etc.) that we ought or ought not do anything? ("I'm claim...
May 25, 2019 at 14:55
Try it this way. Is there a way to not simply be making a value judgment about it (about the question, or alternately phrased, the claim that we're ta...
May 25, 2019 at 13:54
Haha--as if that removes the ambiguity.
May 25, 2019 at 13:49
Senseless vs not senseless literally?--as in, involving our senses?
May 25, 2019 at 13:46
Nope. It's empirical. All evidence we have, which includes imaging, studies of brain injury patients, etc. suggests that all mental activity is a brai...
May 25, 2019 at 13:44
I read your whole post, but I like to focus on one issue at a time, because that's a constant desire of mine, for folks to focus when we're doing phil...
May 25, 2019 at 13:40
If the issue is "continually inviting a question," then continually inviting a question should be absurd regardless of the question, for any argument....
May 25, 2019 at 13:36
So the issue isn't continually inviting a question, but something else. Re your comment here, if we're saying that it's not true, it's not a fact, tha...
May 25, 2019 at 13:20
I'm not saying anything about fear. So why bring that up?
May 25, 2019 at 13:15
So in what way does "Continually inviting a question" fit the definition of "absurd" you're using?
May 25, 2019 at 13:13
Inside and outside the university. It's unfortunately human nature to want to control other people in many different ways.
May 25, 2019 at 13:12
Will is the mental phenomenon of us controlling or directing both other mental content, including decisions, as well as actions. As such, it's located...
May 25, 2019 at 13:10
First, "Continually inviting a question" is sufficient for "absurd"? What definition of "absurd" are you using, then, and what does it have to do with...
May 25, 2019 at 13:03
It has a bearing because there can be a fact where "we ought to believe it" is not the case, which makes the argument invalid logically. An example is...
May 25, 2019 at 12:51
I don't know if I really understand any sentence you wrote there, and I'm not sure what any of it has to do with my comment.
May 25, 2019 at 12:48
For one, should I be surprised that you'd reach conclusions about "philosophers today" based on posts on this board?
May 25, 2019 at 12:44
Whether you're using "significance" in the "meaning" (semantic) sense or in the "importance" (value) sense, both are assigned by individuals, with pot...
May 25, 2019 at 12:41
Referring to something different, where Rorty was actually doing phil of language, would be another matter of course. However, re this: The second par...
May 24, 2019 at 22:14
So imagine there are no people. There are facts, of course. What would make it an objective fact in that situation that those facts ought to be believ...
May 24, 2019 at 22:09
I already gave you the clear objection. Facts in no way generally hinge on us or anything about us. There would be facts if we never existed. If we ne...
May 24, 2019 at 18:43
But that's not philosophy of language, it's epistemology (and implicationally phil of perception). I'm very familiar with representationalism and its ...
May 24, 2019 at 18:41
Obtuse? this is as simple and straightforward as we can get while still doing philosophy. Imagine the following. Someone gives this argument: P1: Fact...
May 24, 2019 at 17:16