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I pointed out that what he was to do with the block is also indubitable. You disagreed. I agree with you that there is a difference between the builde...

Having a bad day? You are right, the half of a sentence you quoted is not a sentence, although, as you quoted: If this is a complete language then "bl...

If the game only occurs if block is indubitable it is equally true that it only works if bringing it is indubitable. It is not only: but the link betw...

IF the assistant did something else with the block rather than bring it to the builder then he would have made a error as well.

So: but it is not indubitable that this is what it means? How can the game be played, how can they work, if the command is in doubt?

It may seem that way if you do not grasp what is at issue. When someone asks "why does metal rust or tarnish" they are not asking for a metaphysical e...

How about looking at the difference in sentencing and punishment for the same crime? The "war on drugs" is a prime example. In a sense that is largely...

More like, what is happening. I take it you are arguing against some notion of meaning and purpose as the reason for things. If so, I agree. It is not...

Does what it means to bring a block also indubitable?

The 'how'/'why' distinction is problematic. Using your example of chemistry we can ask why the combination of one element with another produce somethi...

All of this leaves unanswered the question of what it is he means by religion. He mentions spiritual values, Zen, and Shinto which some regard as matt...

The mysteries of matter include the 'how'. The concept of matter is not fixed. As the concept develops the explanation of the how changes. Is matter "...

Understood. It is the Western point of view that needs to be challenged. It is ironic that many accept Thomas Nagel's "view from nowhere" and yet it i...

This is something that needs to be questioned rather that perpetuated. Although they did not call it philosophy, China and India had advanced traditio...

I suspect it was his followers who created this script. The death of their messiah created a crisis. Some probably saw this as evidence that they were...

Right, it is not obvious to you, you are oblivious, as is clear from the following: One only need look at the disproportionate treatment of Blacks by ...

This is the role of the Senate. It is not decided by one person, it is decided by the Senate, although it is not as diverse as many think is should be...

These are things that are central to religion, not only formatively but as ongoing concerns.

Perhaps the more important question is whether they are to be understood as distinct. The writings of Homer and Hesiod appeared before the birth of Th...

The reason is simple and should be obvious. There is a disproportionate number of black citizens who have been convicted and sentenced to prison. Thos...

I repeat, you are woefully uninformed.

By religion does he mean Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, some set of beliefs or practices or rituals? By literature does he mean only written works? Ar...

You are woefully uninformed. Neither the law nor the courts are racially neutral. Apparently you are not familiar with Jim Crow laws or Thurgood Marsh...

Is this to be remedied by nominating another white male?

That occurred to me too, but I wonder if it has something to do with television and video. Sesame Street is educational and entertaining. It was fast ...

No, I don't think so. Their claims run counter to modern ways of thinking, but it may be that we can never free ourselves from time and place. That is...

A quick answer. I have other things to do that my family things are more important. The pizza won't make itself. Two things: First, he recognized that...

Yes, but the issue is whether, the biases of scholars altered the original sources as found in the Bible, or if the Bible is an alteration of its sour...

Two further complications with Christianity: First, if Jesus was the messiah, the promise was broken. He died. Second, the messiah comes to be regarde...

Objectivity is universal subjectivity.

I am in agreement with what you say. I see this as a belief or hope or expectation that stems from powerlessness. It is a shift away from earlier view...

Right, being black is irrelevant to qualifications. But not irrelevant to the makeup of the court.The woman he nominates will be black and qualified a...

They are, but it is often that case that because a work is difficult the reader finds it boring because they are not persuaded that it is worth the ef...

I think that what we find in the modern Bibles are versions of older stories that have been altered and edited to reflect beliefs that differ from the...

I think this to be connected to such things as the advent of the messiah, the kingdom of God or Heaven on Earth, and teachings from the sermon on the ...

I took a quick look and did not find an etymological connection between the Spanish 'el' and the deity El. Nor did I find a connection between the Eng...

It is interesting to see how many gods became one. So effective was the transformation that most do not see it even though traces of it remain and can...

I'm not sure what you are getting at. Since you say "understood more deeply" I assume you are not inquiring about what the categories are. Is it Kant'...

I don't know if any of what follows has already been covered but Kant's idealism is "transcendental". By transcendental he means the conditions for th...

I have been reading about the Ugaritic mythology. The influence on the development of Judaism is quite apparent. Here is a quick introduction: "The Go...

There is a yawning gap in your understanding. Biden opposed Brown's nomination because of her human rights record as detailed above. Being a black wom...

It was you who claimed that: Supporting the nomination of just anyone just because she is a woman and black is not what racial justice is about. (http...

Is this an attempt to be clever or obtuse? Your assumption is that if Biden was concerned about racial justice he would not have opposed a black woman...

A fine example of a tokenist mentality. As if her judicial philosophy is irrelevant.

This notion of philosophy as entertainment troubles me. Sleep deprived students with an attention span that can be measured in seconds may find someth...

A common practice. In large part it is war by other means, the vanquishing of their gods by assimilation. But there is also the tendency to borrow sto...

I have not read the thread on time, but I assume it includes such things as the block theory of time, McTaggart's A series and B series, which are dis...

The picture can be expressed in propositional form: In the not too distant past that picture expressed as a proposition would have included a statemen...

Some do. It might be addressed in a course on metaphysics, or philosophy of science, or in a course on a particular philosopher who talks about it. I ...

Jesus would have been horrified to learn that he had been deified and the Son made the same ousia as God the Father. Caesar had proclaimed himself a g...