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Epistemology

June 30, 2019 at 04:32 2 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

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No I meant the situation. The how is a bit complex for me to attempt right now
June 30, 2019 at 06:32
Sad.
June 30, 2019 at 05:37
I don't think it's as simple as a desire for wealth, but sure. We should then apply that logic to developed countries GMOs and wild plants are their o...
June 30, 2019 at 04:31
Phrasing it that way is just nonsense semantics. It doesn't justify a farmer making such little money that they can't even buy food because they grow ...
June 17, 2019 at 08:43
I never said in logic or analysis I can know this for sure. Honestly I like that. It keeps me in the right mindset.
May 31, 2019 at 22:06
Honestly I tried to avoid saying this since it basically rejects objective logical knowledge, which many don't like, but one part of what I meant is t...
May 31, 2019 at 21:16
I don't know either. Is the rock the same rock? Is it in a sense but not in another sense? I've wondered about that for a while, but can't really conc...
May 31, 2019 at 19:07
That's not literally what I mean of course, I just translated it into what came to mind, which is why I said it sounded horrid. Yes, what it seems I m...
May 31, 2019 at 05:49
Yes. It is tautological. I know. Why prove something to tell yourself you already know, and which only people who know will not need, and the rest who...
May 29, 2019 at 07:00
Well, I have no idea why any sound minded person would adopt such a hard line stance to the word true when trying to do actual epistemology. I can onl...
May 29, 2019 at 06:41
Well in the initial post I outlined that I came to a different definition of knowledge, one that is, yes, founded upon belief in belief (I guess, to g...
May 29, 2019 at 06:24
I don't see why apparent contraries make it untrue. How do you know you are interpreting it correctly? Context applies there. You have to know the who...
May 29, 2019 at 05:55
By scripture, I meant it as a potential transmission of higher knowledge through the proposed lineage and whatnot, yes. I agree with that the first pa...
May 29, 2019 at 05:53
Why do you conclude this? The basic premise of mysticism (take vedanta or sufism) is that there are infinite paths to the truth, and all are equally v...
May 29, 2019 at 05:00
anyways, i posted something tonight which might be of more relevance.
May 29, 2019 at 04:36
i try not to refute skeptics and solipsists at this point, but i have more to study, but i try to work them into my thought processes and see it more ...
May 29, 2019 at 04:35
Ok then, in certain contexts the over simplification I described is seen to be that. I think it still is a useful entry point for discussion, but it i...
May 21, 2019 at 00:07
Yes, it is definitely a logical leap to make a claim of reality which is just being happy with consensus because I think it is necessary because I wan...
May 21, 2019 at 00:03
By that "reality" I mean it in the way we look through language (the semantic meaning of our experiences). If I am not to be a solipsist, how can I av...
May 20, 2019 at 21:03
You seem to claim that language is so vague that the apparent logical picture of reality I need for my argument is not the case. So, within contexts, ...
May 20, 2019 at 20:48
Please read my response to Frank and rethink your interpretation of the writing. I agree with what you have stated and all of that is central to my ar...
May 20, 2019 at 19:07
Yes, you are misunderstanding my argument. My argument is that words have meanings *only within* contexts, and because there is meaning in those conte...
May 20, 2019 at 19:04
I apologize, I use the word truth in two ways. The first is to describe what happens in a context where we all do approach reality from different vant...
May 20, 2019 at 13:40
Before I reply could you expand on this a little bit? : arguments over those differences often takes over for fundamental topics in which it comes to ...
May 20, 2019 at 13:28
In what sense are you meaning truth as myriad, and why? I get what you mean, and no that is not what I mean. I mean it as I wrote. And yes, but that i...
May 20, 2019 at 06:19
In English: I am a child who wants to touch a hot flame (not not a hot flame). I touch it and realize I don't want to touch it anymore. I did not unde...
May 14, 2019 at 01:16
Think of it in terms of a child touching a hot flame, as an example.
May 14, 2019 at 00:55
I've always felt that way to some degree, ignorance interfering with parenting that is. But what can I do? Improve upon what I see, I guess. Anyways I...
April 22, 2019 at 21:05
Alright, yea, so we're behind schedule perhaps, we'll have to see what happens, we need more data even now, etc. The article seems to explore a lot of...
April 21, 2019 at 15:57
Does anybody know of a more quantitative map based description of the initial post and its endless ensuing details? That it seems is what I'm really l...
April 21, 2019 at 02:14
I remembered the name of the main author I read on the pipeline topic: https://www.amazon.com/Carbon-Democracy-Political-Power-Age/dp/1781681163/ref=m...
April 21, 2019 at 01:52
Hey person, this forum is full of people who are at times in vague tone coming off as combative (see past it, we're all flawed) buy more importantly t...
April 21, 2019 at 01:39
Haha I've actually been hearing that more nowadays.. I mean in what way? How much? Where? How would it come about? Population reduction (in the craaaa...
April 21, 2019 at 01:35
Hah. I think we need to take it as it comes, yea. About that pipeline thing, I was referring to some literature I liked quite a bit about the oil and ...
April 21, 2019 at 01:25
As far as the last paragraph goes, a lot of it is being done already? Uh, but obviously more needs to be done.
April 21, 2019 at 00:22
Healthy food is a basic thing. If it actually is what it claims to be, then it is worth the price. Cheap food is not really hugely beneficial to the c...
April 14, 2019 at 03:44
There is so much out there. I'll need another five or so years to really become an expert on this, but let's say after hammering down on a few more bo...
April 11, 2019 at 18:16
I don't really mean believe in myself. I mean more the amalgam I mentioned. Belief in myself seems to just be a catchphrase, which is how I intended i...
March 22, 2019 at 00:49
I appreciate that. I don't have as much time for that anymore as I'm preparing to farm, but it'll always be there to some degree for me. We all need i...
March 18, 2019 at 20:37
Yes of course. I don't mean to start a discussion about the types of belief. I'm more interested in this type of discussion which I'll repost from dis...
March 18, 2019 at 19:21
Nice. I agree with all of the above
March 18, 2019 at 13:41
That is exactly what I was thinking.
March 15, 2019 at 20:31
I like the generational point. How should we achieve this? I am willing to take action/help.
March 15, 2019 at 20:00
But nobody goes into it expecting to be a billionaire? We do it because we want to. The market isn't set up to support us. I don't think it is as cut ...
March 15, 2019 at 17:57
I think it would require massive revision from top down, but it seems necessary, no? I don't think we need to totally become isolationist (each countr...
March 15, 2019 at 14:35
Hahaha, yes! I am in the process of learning everything about it to avoid those two things as best I can. But yes, it is a way of life.
March 14, 2019 at 22:09
How do they increase efficiency there though? I can't eval your data unless I have details about their methodology. I've heard stories of machinery an...
March 14, 2019 at 21:21
Well.. damn. Very cool
March 11, 2019 at 16:40