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Probably (though I wouldn't be confident, given the quality of arguments), but yeah, I was just Rand-baiting. It's not for the convincing, it's to see...

That is about knowledge, since using 'believe' instead of 'know' is all about making it clear your level of uncertainty is greater than 0. Saying "I b...

The problem here is with using modal logic terms together with knowledge. The 'possibility' of something is a measure of our uncertainty about it, so ...

No. I said that ?p ? ¬p cannot be true at the same time. Your implication ?p ? p is for all times.

I don't see how. Your argument for which that was the conclusion was wrong. One clearly cannot use such an argument in such cases. The example of the ...

I disagree. 2 and 4 are false at any given time. It is not true that something can not be the case at the same time as it is possible that it's the ca...

Are you saying it's possible to be x at the same time as not being x?

If I'm not a cat, I can't possibly be a cat. I could have been, but I cannot actually be at the same time as I'm not.

I think the logical entailment is wrong. As per my reply... It doesn't seem to matter what we put into that syllogism (right term?), it seems to come ...

If I'm not a cat then I can't be a cat Therefore, if I can be a cat then I am a cat. It doesn't work no matter what. So either you've broken modus tol...

You mean the era of Railway Labor Act, Davis-Bacon (prevailing wage) Act, the National Labor Relations Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Fair Emp...

Yes. We all agree that beliefs could be wrong. Again, it's just not clear how you're getting here. The "...I could be wrong" cannot be true if the pro...

I just don't see how you're getting here. Here's Oxford Reference... The point is all about tense. The definition given here is in the past tense (mod...

I think Ramsey's redundancy is better thought of as (sure I'm quoting here but can't for the life of me find it, so call it a paraphrase) 'there's not...

Likewise. An endless pursuit, I think, but no bad thing that.

Sorry, should be "and is met when the proposition is..." Registering by bafflement at the criteria.... Thanks. His work on truth pretty much guides my...

@"Xtrix" was talking about the scale of government (interventions, taxation, regulation). Why are you talking about spending? A government of one pers...

But this is not what the T-sentence says. The T-sentence says that "p" is true iff p. What you've given above is an account of my actions regarding p ...

For clarity... If someone asks (of an assertion of mine) "is that true" I usually take it to mean something like "if I used that policy would I likely...

Again, this is question-begging. You're taking the meaning of 'true' that you hold to construct the faux surprise that I would not hold my assertions ...

Ah! so now we're talking about control over jurisdiction. Well, if you want control over some jurisdiction, then get off your lazy arse and compete fo...

This just seems like begging the question. To make the assertion "Rory Gallagher is the best guitarist in the world", I think of Rory's guitar playing...

Your talent for for the irrelevant is impressive. Why are you telling me this?

That's because I was giving reasons why we might say "“there are plums in the icebox” is false". You then asked for reasons we'd use to decide whether...

Reasons we'd use to decide? Look in the fridge? Ask someone we trust? Which of those had anything to to with your reasons ...

Why's that a better reason?

This discussion was about the difference between how 1 governments behaved and 2 the free market. You see how that's two things, yes? How governments ...

What? A random quote from pages back and we're done? I've curated quite a number of odd ways to avoid conceding a point in an argument here (though cu...

I'm not talking about a free market. I'm talking about competition for the ability to use violence. You claim the government has a monopoly in that co...

So your go to expression to communicate the lack of plums in the fridge is “"There are plums in the icebox” is false"? Not "there aren't any plums in ...

OK. What is the difference between Amazon competing for control over internet sales and government competing for control over violence? You say one is...

OK. What reasons might you be thinking of?

So what? Declaring it 'free competition' is begging the question. I'm asking about why violence is not seen the same way and the answer you're giving ...

I think everyone was quite clear you thought it a false analogy from your opening remark. This is a discussion forum. If you're wanting somewhere just...

Possibly, but it doesn't mean there is a necessity for them to. Yes, I've written about it on this thread. I think there are numerous reasons to do wi...

So they're different because they're different. Great explanation! Yes, it can. It can leverage it's capital to prevent you from gaining any market sh...

That begs the question. You're assuming anything does.

Again, I can try. What I'm asking is why failure against government is called monopoly, but failure against a corporation is just 'free market competi...

Yep, there are consequences. And I might fail. As it is with setting up an internet market. So tell me again how it's different. I can be violent, the...

Murder, torture, beatings...the usual. Do you live in Utopia by any chance?

Yes, exactly where I'm coming from. We have to choose between both competing modeling approaches (Lysenko) and competing theories (Russia, Covid, Clim...

I think we're saying the same thing using different words. It seems you're talking about be 'truthful' about methods and limitations, I'm talking abou...

How exactly do you think the problem of climate change came about?

Absolutely, and we should all be deeply concerned about that, but is truth relevant here? Do the hijacked scientists actually lie, or do they pick the...

You know this stuff in in print above don't you? Everyone can read what you actually wrote and what I actually responded to. Rewriting history doesn't...

Yeah, totally. The results one gets are like the cake in the fridge. If you know they're one thing when you say they're another, you're lying. Do you ...

I don't see how. If I say "Rory Gallagher is the best guitarist ever, it's true" do you really think the meaning of 'it's true' there relies on any ki...

But I can be violent. Am I the exception? Do you find it impossible to be violent? The government do not seem to me to have the monopoly at all. If I ...

Do you force a soldier to become a soldier? No. You can't force a child to exist. They already exist. I suppose technically you could intend to force ...

Does it though? I can still see the pragmatist winning here too. I believe the story I'm told "It's true, it's true!" because of the social implicatio...