Axioms in arithmetic. 'Hinge propositions' in some versions of philosophical logic / metaphysics. I think we need more focus on what constitutes an ex...
I complained that the OP was uncritical of the 'reasons' (scare quotes because the reasoning is false) for men's hate and violence against women. The ...
I think you have hit upon a problem for Christian theology in particular. If God became human (the "Word made Flesh") how can He also be eternal uncha...
Indeed. But knowing this tells us nothing about wheels. It tells us that the question I asked is not a sensible question. Why can't the top and bottom...
The question of the thread may appear to be about time but may actually be about meanings. For example: "Why does the top of a revolving wheel always ...
I skim-read recipes and think "That just means chuck it all in, heat it up and stir a bit." The results are less than impressive. That's another examp...
By considering the premisses stated or implied and the conclusions purportedly derived from them. I can tell that it's wrong to rape a woman either be...
The men's reasoning that is expounded in the OP and not concurred with by the author can be criticised thus (to save repetition): https://thephilosoph...
Once waves of people start using metal straws and reusable water bottles, who knows where it could lead? They might begin frantically recycling paper ...
I would say 'no', because every action has a cost either to ourselves or others. When I buy a pint of milk I reduce the supply of milk to others and f...
Only if you ignore Wittgenstein's private language arguments. The picture he challenges is that each of us has a mind full of perceptions that are inf...
Thank you for clarifying. It was because in the OP you expound the men's reasoning ("key reasons", "Hence why..") without pointing out any faults in i...
Sometimes, in order to commit or threaten violence against someone a perpetrator needs to first be persuaded that the victim deserves it. They are sai...
In Western thought, try the pre-Socratics, e.g. Thales, Anaximander - matter arises from "the limitless" - and for infinitesimal Zeno as Agent S says....
The wrongs done by men and women of that time and the warnings given by God are constant themes throughout the whole Bible. The subject is never left ...
True. I sometimes suspect there is an assumption that boys should be interested in fighting and baseball and if they show too much interest in wearing...
First kid: I don't have a dad and a mom at home I have two moms. Second kid: Really? How is that possible? Teacher: Please be quiet, you two. The law ...
Ancient Greeks were not the fount of all wisdom. Still, some of them were some of the source of some of it. We don't need Euclid now. The Chinese neve...
Has it? I thought Gettier drew attention to vagueness around the concept 'justification'. Something that counts as justification in one context may fa...
Well said. However, the Greeks were no fools. They knew about everything you said. And being Greek they had a philosophy to fit the occasion. It was C...
I have an idea that two months ago the average English member of the public did not know whether Ukraine was a district of Russia (as Yorkshire is a c...
Some questions and speculations sound dumb and are dumb and some sound dumb and yet aren't dumb and it's hard to tell the difference. Suppose you were...
I read an interesting challenge to this logical positivist view, called 'Toy Story'. When the cupboard door is shut the toys come alive. We have no wa...
I don't think so. You just need not to be a bad person. Example: you lose your temper and take it out on the kid who didn't do nothing wrong. Then you...
I would remember that children and young people are amazingly observant, impressionable and very alive to hypocrisy. The best education is to model go...
Oddly enough, the issue was discussed from the opposite angle in another thread about 'hinge propositions'. There is a view that 'hinge propositions' ...
I'm with you on this. Wittgenstein said that if a lion could talk we would not understand him. I disagree. If the lion said "I'm hungry and you look g...
Ha ha ha!! Brilliant point. The beauty of knowing people off-line is that it's so much harder to apply sweeping generalisations when confronted with a...
My Creed has six items as follows: I do not know the original cause of existence. I do not believe anyone else knows. I do not believe that anyone has...
I couldn't answer this question. I tried finding the one I trust less and then picking the other one but I couldn't do it that way round either. Maybe...
Guy driving home gets a call from his wife. She says: "Darling, be careful. I've just heard on the news there's a maniac driving the wrong way up the ...
It could be that, if the claim is that (1) and (2) mean the same. Or it could be a non-sequitur, if the claim is that (2) entails (1) or the other way...
One problem is equivocation. Two things can be (a) not the same and (b) linked. So being the same and being linked are not equivalent concepts. Anothe...
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