RegularGuy

I misunderstood what you meant by “superset.”

I’m afraid rational arguments are not going to work here in rural Wisconsin (actually this is a satellite community of Madison with a mix of different...

I think “coercive” is the term billionaires use when they don’t want to pay taxes. That’s why they funded your economics, poli sci, and philosophy dep...

I remember that one. Love it!

It seems to me that this system doesn’t solve what a State can’t. I personally don’t see the US government as necessarily coercive.

This actually makes sense to me.

You’ve met my ex-wife? Oh, wait. That’s my fault.

Nice. I just wanted to figure out if I were actually a brain in a vat. Then “The Matrix” came out, and now I’m always afraid.

I thought I almost killed you because I thought you were a p-zombie. :wink:

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I don’t have a problem with it.

Very cool thread. Thank you @"TogetherTurtle".

Understanding is open to criticism and modification (peer review and altering or scrapping theories to accommodate new data). Understanding is always ...

These are all marks of psychology, sociology, and psychiatry. All three meet these necessary conditions. Yet astrophysicists, for example, might take ...

“Spirituality” is just a place holder some people use for feelings of awe, wonder, etc., and for heightened or altered states of consciousness. They c...

I can only conclude that they are private. I cannot conclude anything as to their cause, unless of course I’m thinking about my thoughts which can hav...

That said, don’t buy every consumer product on TV that says “science shows.” They are capitalists trying to make money.

Just so novices don’t get confused, global warming is real. It’s a measure of temperatures taken across the globe and averaged out over time. Pretty s...

Matters of fact are put to juries all the time, and they usually cannot be proved. The jury gives a unanimous verdict usually, but none of them know w...

But matters of fact are not all knowable, for example, whether or not there is a God and what Her nature would be. Do people generally and those who v...

That would be very good for the millions of people who have negative net wealth.

What we call science can be rather arbitrary. Are the social sciences really science, for example. Do they have all of the necessary conditions to be ...

For example, if I enumerated all of the specific locations on earth that are sufficiently on earth, you would arrive at the necessary condition of bei...

Does this mean that if you enumerated all of the sufficient conditions you would also end up with a necessary condition?

But I personally don’t know anything about particle decay.

But protons must surely be identical apart from inhabiting different locations and having different relative motion, no? But that has nothing to do wi...

Actually, you were right. There was no subtext. I bet there is a champion of the amoebas, though.

Yes. I guess a better question than where is how individuality happens. I think that was the subtext.

Right. By definition then if one accepts nominalism.

This seems like it could be justified, possibly, by the meaning of “necessary.” This cannot be justified, or I at least don’t see how it could be.

I must be manic because it seems like everyone is bored, confused, or dumbstruck by my responses and questions.

Is this just an opinion of yours or do you have justification for these assertions?

I guess for me it’s not grinding through it. It’s just something I must do. Some people philosophize about everything all the time. Others do it rarel...

Peter Griffin’s ancestor philosopher’s wife told him to get a job. He asked, “but why?” :wink:

Almost all human endeavor is philosophy or an attempt to answer why questions. The rest is animal instinct.

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S just wants all people to think and value how he thinks and what he values. S supremacy. It’s like using a blunt object. Instead of guiding people by...

And they must do this out of necessity. Medicine is another example. Trends are found and treatments are based on these trends instead of treating the...

In meteorology, for example, they cannot determine what is going to happen in a specific location, only a general trend over a generally large area. T...

Such as, how do you model individual clouds or people. Generalities are easy because it ignores most of reality.

Ah. I see. Never mind. Actually, that doesn’t answer the question of HOW individuality happens. Now I’m not sure what the initial question was suppose...

Big Brother watches me specifically so that I don’t put someone in the hospital again but also to ensure my safety that people don’t wrongly accuse me...

And what was nominalism an answer to? You said “where nominalism begins.” What was the question?

Hmm. Philosophizing while questioning the value of philosophy... EVERYONE philosophizes and values philosophy even when they don’t realize they are DO...

This requires a more in depth discussion to distinguish the differences.

Can you remind us what nominalism is in your own words?

This discussion of the theoretical of universal collective vs. private ownership is just that, theoretical. Practical implementation is much more comp...

I love Nerd Wars.

I know. I’m an ass. You seem like you have a lot of wisdom to impart. You must be a cool grandpa! :cool:

*discreet :razz: