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The first rule might be assumed embodiment, i.e., I act as if I have hands by grabbing and pointing for e.g.. The second rule might be realizing there...

I can't believe you would say such a thing. I have disagreements with Witt, but to call him deluded, it seems to me, demonstrates your delusion. Even ...

I don't want this thread to become an argument about the existence of God, and whether belief in God is a hinge. If you want to consider whether belie...

Let me explain it one more time why hinges aren’t propositionally true. 1. They’re not open to judgment – typical propositions like “It is raining,” a...

Knowing how is knowledge as a skill, we're talking about knowledge as beliefs and so was Wittgenstein. To act, we have to believe that we have hands, ...

The propositions that set the game up are not typical. If, as Wittgenstein says, Moore's propositions are not known, then they are not epistemological...

Propositional truth is dependent on language, i.e., the concept is linguistic. You seem to point to some truths as metaphysical that we access intuiti...

My point is trying to clarify different uses of truth in our language. And the difference in the roles of truth in our systems of belief. You are corr...

Wittgenstein's hinges are foundational convictions that have no justification. This seems much different from the intuition you're referring to. What'...

The way you can differentiate between hinges and other typical propositions is that doubting them is generally senseless. Wittgenstein's hinges apply ...

We accept them as true as part of a role. They're not true in the same sense that your typical proposition is. There is a difference between truth as ...

I've been trying to investigate whether anyone else has made the connection between Wittgenstein's hinges and Godel's unprovable statements. I think h...

The difference between hinge propositions and typical propositions has to do with the role they play. Typical propositions are tied to states of affai...

Moore is claiming to know. In other words, he believes he's justified. He's arguing against the skeptics who are claiming that he doesn't know.

Moore's papers indicate the opposite. As for your last statement, hinges are not true or false in the propositional sense but are accepted as true or ...

How would I explain Wittgenstein’s hinges to someone who never heard of Wittgenstein’s On Certainty? Imagine trying to answer some question – like wha...

It's not utilitarianism.

You point out the harm done. Even in courts when accessing a lawsuit e.g., they focus on the harm, and if you show harm, then in many cases you win th...

I think there is a place for the mystical, but I disagree that moral arguments depend on some mystical God/creator/lawgiver. I think a very strong arg...

I don't see why it would be considered a good theory, but that's my view. I see much of philosophy as useless or poor epistemology, and emotivism is j...

Doing the right thing is an extension of love. All of it is meaningless without the reasoning behind it. My metaphysical view is that consciousness/mi...

I’ll give a short reason or two that summarizes the failure of emotivism. Emotivism can’t explain how moral language functions in arguments or conditi...

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It's better than no waving at all. :grin:

The idea that emotion plays a primary role in determining which actions are immoral and which are not is a non-starter for me. I don't see this as a w...

Emotional reactions will always be a part of moral and immoral actions, but it's not the guiding principle behind moral action. One could imagine a pe...

Bedrock for me refers to hinges that are more fixed than other hinges. Hinges are layered, some more fixed than others, but the riverbed works well to...

I don't hold to the view that Wittgensteinian hinges are necessarily absolute. In fact, most of them are not. For example, the rules of chess are hing...

I'm not a fan of the "truth-apt" language. I look at truth, and other concepts like knowledge in terms of their use (language games), so my take is ve...

If it's something you're born with why do we have to teach children right from wrong? Moreover, what would it even mean to be born with that knowledge...

One could say that it's a matter of convictions (personal and communal). However, most people do have negative feelings about the matter because they ...

I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but why are you saying that?

No, I wouldn't characterize it like that.

In this case immoral.

I agree that moral sensibility comes first, that's the point of it being foundational. And the commands do have use, but it's not the most meaningful ...

My view is that the belief that kicking puppies is wrong isn't based on any justification, it's foundational like the rules of chess. It's a hinge.

One use is in teaching someone about right and wrong and how to treat other animals. I don't have to use the command when teaching. I can simply say i...

It doesn't have to be formulated as a command. One of the bedrock statements of your moral theory could be something like, "It's generally morally wro...

Ya, I think some moral statements can be counted as hinges. I was recently thinking about hinges and moral theories, but nothing definite. I think any...

I view faith in two ways: First, it can be simply a conviction (belief) that a statement is true, or it can be, as some claim, a belief that something...

Wittgenstein's hinges tend to be more primal or universal (thinking of prelinguistic convictions). E.g., I have hands or I'm an object separate from o...

I've been tweaking my idea of bedrock beliefs as a replacement for Wittgenstein's notion of hinge proposition. Instead of bedrock beliefs which sound ...

Can you read the title of the thread? Evidence of consciousness surviving death - that's what the thread has been about. It sure isn't about any relig...

I'm thinking about participating in this but haven't made up my mind. I would encourage people to participate, especially if they enjoy philosophy.

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I thought I was burned out on Witt but even though I'm not writing in this forum, I'm still writing in other spaces. I get in these moods that tend to...

I don't mind any talk of the AI agents in this thread.

You can't escape philosophy. Most people's view of philosophy is much too narrow. Philosophy permeates all of life. It doesn't matter the subject, the...

They certainly want Taiwan, but they might end up destroying all they've accomplished in the last 50 years. Trying to predict what China will do is di...

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