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Because you give up the responsibility of handling authority over yourself, to that of an external thing/person. (you can read more in the longer post...
February 22, 2019 at 15:19
And yours didn't? Go back and read your answer to my post, its close to a fallacy-riddled interpretation of the writing I did instead of trying a more...
February 22, 2019 at 15:10
When you have created an external authority, do you have will over it? If you create an AI that rules over you, it is not you who rules over you, it's...
February 22, 2019 at 13:12
This is about freedom/authority if you want to go through all aspects of why authoritarian governments rise to power its a much longer post and not ab...
February 22, 2019 at 12:30
As I defined it It doesn't matter if the art is modified and later perceived in the wrong way. Just as Greek statues are collectively considered white...
February 22, 2019 at 12:22
There are strong observations in psychology and sociology about how we crave authority. Sartre was true in his idea about not being blessed by freedom...
February 22, 2019 at 11:54
In my belief-argument (another thread) I mention three types (A, B and C). A, being an unsupported belief, irrational, based on nothing more than the ...
February 22, 2019 at 10:54
I think you misunderstand what I meant there. Your comment was that every belief is unsupported in the beginning and this is true; whenever we have an...
February 22, 2019 at 02:16
Why should fantasy and facts be mixed up in order to make people think? Truth and fantasy should be clearly separated. What was the question? And cons...
February 21, 2019 at 16:00
This is why I think the Chinese system, especially since it exists within a highly corrupt and totalitarian political system, won't work at all. But i...
February 21, 2019 at 13:39
It is not possible to just decide not to feel. We can train ourselves to be instinctively ready for feelings and through that have a conscious cushion...
February 20, 2019 at 21:33
Thank you, you prove to be a step higher than many others when it comes to a proper dialectic, I appreciate that. :up: Supported belief is a belief th...
February 20, 2019 at 17:25
As all others when pointing out these flaws. The problem with the arguments is that they were made long before any of the modern understanding and kno...
February 20, 2019 at 01:51
That is not what I said, is it? "proving what happened before the Big Bang is outside physics" is not the same as "How can it prove something outside ...
February 20, 2019 at 00:53
Also, in what way does CA in any way make p3 Theism relies on an unsupported belief false? How many assumptions must be needed before a belief in God ...
February 20, 2019 at 00:46
How can it prove something outside known physics without assuming the properties of what is outside known physics? That is assuming a lot that hasn't ...
February 20, 2019 at 00:34
They are valid in that they point to a first cause but... p1 Cosmological and design arguments point to an original point of origin for the universe. ...
February 19, 2019 at 22:45
I had a line of premises concluding on theism, but didn't want to see pitchforks but, anyway, here's the third part of that argument: p1 Unsupported b...
February 19, 2019 at 22:13
I can form an argument as to why irrational unsupported belief is unreasonable, as I did in my belief-argument thread. It's still evolving though, per...
February 19, 2019 at 22:02
Except that in the case of love I actually don't "believe in love", I rationalize that it is a concept that we use in language to describe our attachm...
February 19, 2019 at 20:50
But in order for your point to be an argument, even inductively, you need true premises and if there's a chance one of them isn't you need to modify i...
February 19, 2019 at 18:51
This is exactly the point I've been discussing throughout. You propose a conclusion that is definitive, meaning, you see it as black and white, either...
February 19, 2019 at 17:59
Sorry, meant p2
February 19, 2019 at 17:38
I asked about p1, your conclusion of the no-seeum argument. If the conclusion you mention in p1 is instead "there's no reason to believe it to exist",...
February 19, 2019 at 17:35
You proposed a conclusion to the argument you are criticizing. I asked if that is the actual conclusion or if the actual conclusion is "there's no rea...
February 19, 2019 at 17:26
My point is that to say "it exist" or "it does not exist" is irrelevant since a belief in either doesn't follow epistemic responsibility. Any claim of...
February 19, 2019 at 17:18
Why do you conclude it with "it does not exist" and not "there's no reason to believe it to exist"? Can you spot the difference between those two? One...
February 19, 2019 at 17:10
Tu quoque
February 19, 2019 at 16:56
And you stop reading, don't understand the core conclusion of my counter-argument and use the missed point as your reason to ignore the counter-argume...
February 19, 2019 at 16:53
Why do you even bother doing philosophy if that's your response to a counter-argument? I recommend that you look at your reasoning with the last thing...
February 19, 2019 at 15:35
It doesn't matter if your point was misinterpreted since you still talk about existing things not yet proven but do not see the difference with observ...
February 19, 2019 at 15:27
And you should read my whole post before directly answering.
February 19, 2019 at 13:45
A virus, atom and quark didn't exist until we named them? Really? So people didn't get sick with viruses before they were discovered and named? The at...
February 19, 2019 at 13:38
Misread the OP, thought the computer calculated it by playing the moves. But, let's say that it does just this. Wouldn't that count as the games being...
February 18, 2019 at 18:50
But if the computer already calculated it to 10^80, it would have reached that end and therefore these exist, as they have been tested out? Or can the...
February 18, 2019 at 16:33
This actually sounds like a better idea! :ok: I'm often using this as a resource and way of reminding some things that might slip my memory from time ...
February 18, 2019 at 16:26
Sure, was just making a bit of a meta-joke :wink:
February 18, 2019 at 16:21
I think the misconception about this is that they should be rules, but they are tips. It's not about limiting people's ability to write philosophy, bu...
February 18, 2019 at 16:17
But can also be used to point out holes in an argument in a very clear and to the point way than incomprehensible counter-arguments that goes on for p...
February 18, 2019 at 16:13
I only see fallacies used in arguments when the other one is actually brutally bad at making a point without totally bonkers reasoning or ad hominems....
February 18, 2019 at 16:06
Baden mentioned that it's not correct to say valid premises and true arguments. Harry then countered by a quote that says just that, which made him co...
February 18, 2019 at 15:52
Which is in line with what Baden said.
February 18, 2019 at 15:19
...and these things are not only a tool in order to spot counter-arguments that doesn't work, but it can also be used to help someone who's interested...
February 18, 2019 at 15:00
Hahahahaha, didn't see that :rofl: Maybe just the wikis? Biases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases Fallacies https://en.wikipedia....
February 18, 2019 at 14:49
Sounds good! :ok: Found these two, which are a nice and clear to some fallacies and biases, maybe these links? Fallacies https://yourlogicalfallacyis....
February 18, 2019 at 14:45
Yes, I think there's a lot of misunderstanding towards what a fallacy and bias really is. If we are interested in truth, we cannot arrive there if eve...
February 18, 2019 at 14:39
Maybe have it in the already pinned post as an addition to what's already pinned there? The suggestion wasn't really about "rules", but recommendation...
February 18, 2019 at 14:20
This is straw-manned. Of course not everything around sexuality is a social construct, but how you act on the biological impulses and emotions you hav...
February 18, 2019 at 10:12
Maybe tips on how to improve posts scare those away who just want to express opinions and not do philosophy at all.
February 18, 2019 at 09:35
This is religious preaching and not tolerated on this forum. The rest is just an insult to my intellect and ad hominem that's directly out of line. Yo...
February 17, 2019 at 16:19