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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...
October 27, 2018 at 15:30
Can I urge y'all to watch this video. It might cast a different light on the structure of victimhood.
October 27, 2018 at 13:46
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 ...
October 27, 2018 at 12:20
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...
October 27, 2018 at 10:18
The unstoppable force is stopped, and the immovable object moves. This, by the way, is an unthinkable thought.
October 27, 2018 at 10:08
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 ...
October 27, 2018 at 09:59
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...
October 27, 2018 at 09:26
I would say it is an attempt to come to terms with modern physics; substance dissolves under the microscope into fields, probabilities, relations. Thi...
October 27, 2018 at 09:05
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...
October 27, 2018 at 08:47
There is certainly that; circumstantially, I haven't lived through a war, had addict or fighting parents, serious illness, or childhood trauma, but pe...
October 27, 2018 at 07:41
Always happy to pontificate. I believe in certain circles, a horse is distinguished from a pony according to size, but for children and philosophers, ...
October 26, 2018 at 18:19
Of course not. Distinctions are made, and the objective/subjective distinction is one such. It applies to some things and not others; distinctions are...
October 26, 2018 at 14:17
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...
October 26, 2018 at 12:27
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 ...
October 26, 2018 at 11:00
Other than experience? What other?
October 26, 2018 at 10:00
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...
October 26, 2018 at 08:42
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...
October 25, 2018 at 16:18
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. ...
October 25, 2018 at 15:45
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...
October 25, 2018 at 15:22
Just so, your nihilism is universal, and does not pick out morality in any way. Knowledge is impossible - for no reason. End of conversation, I think.
October 25, 2018 at 15:04
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 ...
October 25, 2018 at 14:49
Let me answer that question with a falsehood, since it has the same value as the truth.
October 25, 2018 at 11:01
It's when the donkey's hind legs fall off.
October 25, 2018 at 10:58
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...
October 25, 2018 at 10:57
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,...
October 25, 2018 at 07:43
Alas, the stupidities of science are lethal, and I have no defence to offer.
October 24, 2018 at 21:59
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...
October 24, 2018 at 14:06
Definitely. Logic and magic.
October 24, 2018 at 11:53
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...
October 23, 2018 at 19:25
Let's pretend that what soul means is a particular configuration of neuronal structures as memories and dispositions of a purely physical, structural ...
October 21, 2018 at 11:22
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mail-order-crispr-kits-allow-absolutely-anyone-to-hack-dna/
October 20, 2018 at 09:17
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...
October 19, 2018 at 17:24
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...
October 14, 2018 at 19:59
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...
October 13, 2018 at 12:40
Here's a question. Most, if not all countries are in debt. Who is the creditor? What kindly body is lending to us all, ET?
October 13, 2018 at 09:07
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...
October 13, 2018 at 09:02
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...
October 12, 2018 at 20:58
The calculus must fail, and one ought to walk away from Omelas.
October 12, 2018 at 18:58
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...
October 12, 2018 at 12:06
"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...
October 12, 2018 at 11:49
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...
October 12, 2018 at 09:26
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...
October 12, 2018 at 09:11
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...
October 11, 2018 at 19:57
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 ...
October 11, 2018 at 16:04
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...
October 11, 2018 at 14:19
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...
October 11, 2018 at 13:18
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...
October 11, 2018 at 12:38
Philosophy, like mathematics begins with a command. "Think about it like this: ..." "Let x be ..." "Picture language as a picture of the world." "pict...
October 11, 2018 at 10:07
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'...
October 10, 2018 at 18:34
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,...
October 10, 2018 at 11:06