No, it's to say bricks aren't houses. but that is not my point. It is not a mere matter of classification, but the discovery that 'thinginess' as in h...
Of course not. I thought there was more coffee, but I was wrong. Having looked, and maybe tried to pour a coffee and drink it if I doubted my eyes or ...
No, I can tell you you are wrong absolutely and objectively. You may not believe me and I may not convince you, but I could try... You see in my world...
Well thanks, but I am just about at the end of my rope now. What you seem to have shown, with a charitable interpretation, is that logic and language ...
This is how you get down your rabbit hole., I think. Most of the stuff people are interested in talking about can be verified otherwise. I verify that...
I would say it is an attempt to come to terms with modern physics; substance dissolves under the microscope into fields, probabilities, relations. Thi...
Logic only preserves truth. So if you want to verify a premise logically, you have to present an argument of which it is the conclusion, and that will...
There is certainly that; circumstantially, I haven't lived through a war, had addict or fighting parents, serious illness, or childhood trauma, but pe...
Always happy to pontificate. I believe in certain circles, a horse is distinguished from a pony according to size, but for children and philosophers, ...
Of course not. Distinctions are made, and the objective/subjective distinction is one such. It applies to some things and not others; distinctions are...
I agree, he's no longer experiencing it. So he's not denying an experience. What he is doing is what the schizophrenic cannot do, and you are pretendi...
No. You can deny anything you please, verbally. But to deny any experience whatsoever is to abuse the language, and thus meaningless. On the basis of ...
I don't need to assume anything at at all, because it's not a conclusion. A bed is simply a bed, and whether it is an idea in the mind of God or a gia...
It is, to me, and probably to @"Benkei", a curious, unfamiliar choice. As if I were to say to myself picking up a hammer, 'shall I hammer the nail int...
Not at all - we don't agree! But logic is truth preserving, not truth creating, and it has value because truth has value. Start with life, not logic. ...
I don't see how one could find something satisfying other than from the position of having been unsatisfied? They seem to go together. We are restless...
You are conflating 'no reason' and 'no proof'. There is no proof that my bed is still in my bedroom where I left it, at least until I go upstairs and ...
Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean. No, we don't need conflict for ident...
You are quite right, though more careful use has a role also. But forests make their own water, or their neighbour's. There is a complex relationship,...
There is of course also the possibility of carbon sequestration. And on that front, and on other fronts, it is worth considering low tech solutions. h...
Contemplate for a moment the difference between ignorance and stupidity. From ignorant to well read one passes by way of reading some good books; From...
Let's pretend that what soul means is a particular configuration of neuronal structures as memories and dispositions of a purely physical, structural ...
Well in case anyone is interested, the cost of desalination and the energy required may be about to drop significantly. https://www.manchester.ac.uk/r...
You are entirely wrong. First, the spirit that defines your reaction expressed here is despair, and that despair is precisely born of the acceptance o...
Keyword: in the end If you adjust the calculus to reflect the morality of each individual, you no longer have a calculus that can decide morality, rat...
I don't agree. Perhaps it is worth going into a little. Unfortunately, it is simply not the case that another's suffering makes me suffer that much. I...
It's a short story thought experiment. Wiki has the essence of it. Imagine a great society, according to whatever utility you want to use, everyone is...
Well the fat man was just about to produce such a calculus, the benefit of which would have been incalculable, but some short-sighted consequentialist...
"The concrete industry is one of two largest producers of carbon dioxide (CO2), creating up to 5% of worldwide man-made emissions of this gas, of whic...
Like my age? That changes on my birthday? I am always "my age," but my age changes. "people my age remember the assassination of President Kennedy." A...
Well you appear to be talking about them, but as a solipsist, you do not believe I have one. As a solipsist, you do not - and this is the crucial poin...
It seems at least close to an oxymoron - if something is taken with consent, it is a gift; if it is stolen it is taken without consent. Not that you c...
Your what? I have no beetle. Or, if I have one, we can't talk about it. But solipsists have no beetle by definition. There is no privacy in solipsism ...
Not solved, but dissolved. I think what W. arrives at is that solipsism followed through loses its bite. The forum of logical solipsists still has one...
Pirsig is very hot on the dynamic/static distinction in relation to 'quality'. It's complicated, and a bit off topic. Well there you have it, language...
Yes, it was what came to mind immediately. But to be mobile implies being in one place at one time and another place at another time, as does to be ru...
Philosophy, like mathematics begins with a command. "Think about it like this: ..." "Let x be ..." "Picture language as a picture of the world." "pict...
Here's a new report on food and warming, that suggests we need to at least cut back on the meat. If you don't have time for the academic report, here'...
It seems to me that there is a concerted effort to increase dissatisfaction - it's called advertising. "You're not really free, you're not a real man,...
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