...but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give yo...
Pretending what? Are you intending that an invitation to comment preceeded by a insult is actually taken to be genuine? I've written what it is that I...
I thought we were trying to avoid crass personal denigrations. What is that I've said so far that would justify your fake incredulity, that I don't ag...
No. I'm having to guess that. As I said right at the beginning, no one has actually specified what it is they're trying to do here yet. I'm guessing y...
So what were you meaning by using the term "verify" then. You have two measures, your tape and the Standard Metre. You're saying that to verify your t...
'Metre' is just word, nothing more. There is no thing that it 'really' is beyond what we use it for. So my tape measure is the standard for the langua...
No, the tape measures metre was defined by the Standard Metre. Who know what havoc temperature and humidity have wreaked on either in the meantime, bu...
No, it's a definition of a metre in a particular language game, in the real world. When you are measuring up for your shed, the definition of a metre ...
Right, so what's preventing you from using exactly the same technique to measure the stick? It's sufficient for you to consider your plank (or whateve...
Sorry, I'm not following you here, what do you mean by "a few minutes on Google will suffice"? The Internet is an excellent source of material but I t...
Well yeah, do you think anyone else here has worked out their thoughts based on nothing but reading the actual text? I mean I'd admire their dedicatio...
No, I've read some other people's opinions about the point of the whole book and found one which I liked. I presume you're aware that there is a huge ...
This is the point of the whole book. We did not ought to waste our time puzzling over it because the entire question only arises as an artifact of our...
We can't have got "the one" with no holes if it's "the only one that exists" in order to be surprised we got this one it can only be because there wer...
Yeah, but I don't understand the relevance. Are you suggesting that commenting on the meaning of section 50 of Philosophical Investigations is not on-...
It's not, for me, that these issues aren't dealt with until later though. They arise directly from questions I think many people have with the text as...
The main point of of 50 is not simply to declare that this inability to attribute existence to simples is a rule within the language game, Wittgenstei...
Every pot has water poured into it (life has the theoretical opportunity to develop in every possible universe), why is it surprising that the only on...
But we're not picking a pot at random. In the example, we're the water. We could only be in the pot without a hole so why is it surprising that that's...
No, we do not have to ask that. If our single universe were not life supporting we would not be in it to ask the question, so it's obvious that our un...
It's not his writing style per se, although I do think that is relevant. It the structure of any such investigation. No one writes a treatise about ho...
Right, so you seem to be saying that the only possible way a universe could be, is to be like ours, and then you're saying it's unlikely that the univ...
I'll defer to your much greater experience on the matter. I've certainly found discussing things with my reading group useful, having unfortunately re...
Well.. I do, obviously. Yes, I agree. Unless you're trying to claim that "the point" being developed is one about how what people think about the way ...
I'll ask you the same question I've just asked Banno, if that's OK. Could you give a rough idea of what sources you think Wittgenstein was working fro...
But we've not picked one at random have we? We're talking about the one we're in, which, by definition is the one that's suitable for life. Where does...
What do you mean by this? Why do you think that Wittgenstein presents such a theory? If his goal is to actually discuss language acquisition and use, ...
Where would you fit? I mean if you travelled back in time wherever you'd want to be, stuff would already be there (from the current time) so where wou...
Right, so how does that have any bearing on the necessity of God? The universe is suitable for life, I'm not seeing the need to explain that via a cre...
The trouble is you have no defined measure of complex here. I could argue that anything with God in it seems more complex, it gets us nowhere. No, the...
It's not really about complexity, it's about necessity. The question I would ask myself of any phenomenon is "can I explain this using forces I've alr...
I was always under the impression that Science (by which I think we mean investigations carried out by some sort of approved methodology) included som...
Yes, it's not the need to demonstrate that I was raising as an example, it's the nature of that which is demonstrated. He does not proceed from one ex...
I'm sorry if I've offended you or acted inappropriately, It was not my intention. I don't think there is a way to discuss it "properly" so it was cert...
Surely if the aim is to carry out the will of the people, then any number of referenda at any time should be acceptable because on each occasion we wi...
Sorry, I know I'm new here and maybe I'm completely misunderstanding the sort of thing this forum is (if so, I apologise profoundly) but I really don'...
Really, and you've never heard a football manager claim their players gave "110 percent" with exactly the same utter failure to recognise anything ami...
Yet you've still failed to define what 'good' actually is in this context. How can you make assertions about what is 'good' and what is 'bad' without ...
Not at all. If Wittgenstein had intended, in these first sections, to simply lay out the problems, and if those problems were simply the linguistic on...
I'm not sure I can agree with your analysis here. I understand entirely how the bigger question of Wittgenstein's intention cannot be deduced from the...
The problem with this approach is that you seem to be using reason to determine that those who take the application of reason for granted have a blind...
Yeah, I mean I'm quite happy with 100% determinism myself, but if you're looking for an alternative which also provides an explanation of why some peo...
It's the "that" and "is" I'm having trouble with. Replace them both with "could be" and you'll have a fine theory, but trying to prove that they actua...
What would measure a 'correct' interpretation? One which reflects what Wittgenstein actually meant? (how could we possibly know, and why would that ma...
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