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I thought this was a really good article. I understand the subject now way more than I did, though I'm still trying to sort through it and the ramific...

But the first part is (presumably) not expressing what the second part is, as they are (presumably) different languages. So Tarski doesn't apply.

I'm not following this. If you accept semantic externalism, the object language "I am a brain in a vat" does not and cannot speak to the meta language...

Should this be, "If semantic externalism is true then we cannot claim to be brains in a vat"? But even that doesn't seem right. A BiV can experience a...

But this is the hard problem, which suggests that a complete physical description of Mary's brain would not entail the experience of red. Suppose ther...

This is a naïve conception. If touch is to be conditional on its everyday, naïve conception, then there is no touch. Of course there is touch, but it ...

Its not just that. They must realize the power of insisting on an obvious falsehood: it reframes the conversation ("well, was Trump robbed? Some say y...

There are two questions you can ask of the photograph: 1. How do you explain the informational content of the picture? 2. How can the material photogr...

On order!

I'm curious that you don't use a computer. I would find chaotic writing styles like ours very hard to manage with pen and paper. I think this is a men...

Maybe this is wrong: Maybe struggle is beneficial in a sense, because it makes the author acutely aware of what they are writing, and insecure about i...

Hmm, who does this sound like... :yikes: I guess that is why I chose the first person. Not the me of now, but certainly a past iteration. :yikes: I re...

This is great. I actually appreciate the story more after reading the explanation. Did you expect readers to explicitly understand this?

I struggled with this story more than any other so far, and so I was surprised (and relieved) that it got as positive reception as it did. It took a l...

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A meta-Amity, if you will

Thanks! :victory: I admit I was quite happy with that line, glad you noticed it

Thanks! I do try to do something different every time. Keeps things interesting. I don't want to start repeating myself.

I will need to read something by him, since my story received several comparisons. Never heard of him before then! Formidable, I assume Japanese is mu...

Remember though, the reader isn't a blind person. They are actively confabulating all the background details as you write. Truly, they are co-creators...

If only I had a flow button, writing would be a real pleasure. As it is, flow is just so elusive.

No, its really not a choice at all! Its the only way I know how to write. I simply don't have the focus or patience to do it any other way. Just write...

Thanks for the insight into your novel writing process. It sounds like a truly forbidding amount of work... before you even get to page one! And then,...

dingdingding!

I started a thread on writing process if anyone is interested: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/14602/literary-writing-process

List of short story participants, in no particular order: Jack Cummins Noble Dust Amity Baden Janus 180 Proof hypericin Benkei Outlander ucarr javi254...

This is not in dispute

"Knowledge" is just a word, not some platonic essence. Your role is to elucidate how the word functions, not to prescribe how it should function, acco...

For those who aren't aware, @"Vera Mont" is a prolific, published author. Check her goodreads page here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/9759148...

This one is a formidably well written story. Despite stepping into some troubled waters in the opening, the author soon found their rhythm. The over t...

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Only for those who choose to do it. For clarity the account can have a conventionalized name, like AUTHOR~My Third Foot Needs a Hand

Regarding the poetry, its not that I don't like poetry, though I do prefer fiction, and it is definitely more my comfort zone, reading and writing. I ...

In principle it is not difficult. Every writer creates a throwaway dummy account. Then they may interact freely with that.

This one's really grown on me, it is probably my favorite. Bold as hell, creative as all get-out, dense and demanding, unconventional, sexualized, and...

But when you are discussing something, there is always something to assign properties to: the discursive subject. Any property may be applied to or de...

The deputy. Would an a actual cop, shining a flashlight on the face of a battered woman, at night, notice her hair "loosely played with by desert bree...

Funny, this particular one bothered me. "Illuminating shadows"? Shadows are not illuminated. "loosely played with by desert breezes". Is this really w...

Existence is a predicate. But it isn't a predicate of things in the world. It predicates discursive subjects "UFOs exist" is a substantive statement. ...

Upon re-reading, and reading the comments (especially the ever attentive @"Amity"'s) I partially agree. Of course, it is about more than the literal d...

It is a sad fact that a reader is always less invested, immersed, and knowing about a piece of writing than the writer is. I think the writer has to a...

All that said, I liked the idea of the ending, I just wished it was joined to the story in a more artful way.

I liked the names (and birds!) too, and the bird names seemed suggestive and important, but now I can't understand what they amounted too.

Not sure how I feel about this one. On the one hand it paints an effective (albeit a bit windy, as @"Noble Dust" points out), picture of a snowy world...

But notice that this passage paints a pretty specific image in your mind. Whereas your version spends a lot of words hyping how evil the thing is, whi...

Try an actual computer, not some toy phone. But even on my latest Samsung it doesn't all fit.

Does anyone know why this line appears where it does? This is where I really lost the plot I think.

Was that really how he wrote? Its been a while, but that sounds Lovecraftian to me. The obvious Peake connection is not the language but the whole bui...

FWIW I prefer the old list style: * You can see all the newest comments without scrolling down * You can see in a visual way where everyone's attentio...

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